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Posted September 3, 2009
Business is War. A conversation overheard between two top toy company execs was recounted to me recently. They were talking, commiserating, or maybe even complaining about another top toy company executive who, unlike themselves, was the founder and owner of his company. Unlike themselves, he built his company single-handedly. Unlike themselves, he put himself on the line, his personal assets at risk every day, every week, every quarter, year after year. He bet the farm every day. He did what they did not and likely could never do. He had the fire in his belly that allowed him to enter the battle himself and personally lead his troops on the line. He had to have that fire to create the company that he did. He didn’t inherit, but rather created his position and his company. He is not the most personable individual, some would say - litigious even. Not surprising really. No one cut him any slack or handed him the reins. It takes a warrior's heart to build a company from scratch, against far larger and established rivals, and to survive in good years and bad the vicissitudes of business. It takes a belly full of glass shards. A warrior's heart does not necessarily make one the nicest person in the eyes of others. It is easy to critique and complain about others, but we have not walked in their shoes and maybe we couldn’t even if we tried. Survival is a battle, business is war. I love a good fight. Always have.
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