My chief gripe with sweeping analogies like this one is that they glorify the irreverent, "disruptive" entrepreneur. It's probably the evocative nature of the word "disruptive" that serves to create and perpetuate this fallacy. And while there's something to be said for seeing opportunity where no one else can, I'm not sure asking entrepreneurs to be "bulldozers" (proverbial or otherwise) makes for great advice.

While the concept of "naughtiness" or that "gleam in your eye" itself is quite subjective and open to much debate on where the line is to be drawn, it would augur well for the community if we tempered our effusive praise for the brash, maverick stereotype with words of caution. Every gatecrasher hasn't had the good fortune of staying until the party was over.