Schadenfreude watch: King Lear Division

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1. peter-porcupine says

   March 1, 2010 at 7:56 pm

   • paulsimmons says

     March 2, 2010 at 11:43 am

     …to which I subscribe.  Its institutional politics tend to empirical business conservatism.

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     p>Sort of The Economist, if it were addicted to Silicon Valley snark.

2. metrowest-dem says

   March 2, 2010 at 1:16 am

   Posted without comment — I’m still wading through it.

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   p>However, in general, any business built around one person’s vision — or ego, depending on how you look at it — is subject to falling apart if (1) he lives long enough and (2) he cannot graciously allow an orderly plan of succession to be carried out. Lear isn’t the worst analogy here.