Do You Need To Be A Jerk To Be A Successful Entrepreneur?

'Martin Luther King, Jr. told us that “human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.” Turns out he knew something about entrepreneurs.'

Good line to end on...

I think it depends on who's judging that entrepreneur. It takes someone who at times may seem like a jerk to push talented people to create something you can sell.

Sure you can cite the Steve Jobs/Steve Wozniak relationship as an example of that. But I think the John Lennon/Paul McCartney relationship is also interesting to look at. Though Paul and George were surely talented musicians who liked to jam and play live shows..it was Lennon who really pushed them to be mainstream and wanted to establish themselves as stars. Lennon himself was noted for being a jerk to his loved ones (had a son he basically abandoned, treated his first wife poorly, got into aggressive disagreements with the people around him).

My point is, I think the typical talented person does things because its their passion and they purely enjoy doing it. The talent may not understand why the "entrepreneurs" do things the way they do it, perhaps the talent can even feel exploited and think the entrepreneur is a jerk as a result. At least that's my take on it..

Who submitted this garbage? Oh it was Garbage, we only need A players posting here in HN.