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		sgman on March 7, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How rich kids already won the career game By definition, there will always be an order of magnitude more people working as employees of successful companies playing the career game than there are founders of successful companies.

abstractbill on March 7, 2011 [–]

This is only "by definition" if companies are always big. Perhaps they'll get smaller over time?

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