Tag: entrepreneurs

Stop complaining, start building: why Ayn Rand is so popular among entrepreneurs and high achievers

March 29, 2024 | Post

For people of a certain mindset and ambition, Ayn Rand’s ideas serve as a beacon of empowerment, urging them to stop complaining and instead focus on what they can do to build their own destinies.

Let’s look at some of the reasons why entrepreneurs and high achievers are a particularly receptive audience to the ideas of Ayn Rand.

Five people influenced by Ayn Rand

March 20, 2024 | Post

Ayn Rand has inspired countless readers from various walks of life, including some you might have heard of.

Many notable people from fields as diverse as comic books, rock music, activism, and business have credited her as a significant influence.

Let’s look at five such individuals…

A tax on unrealized capital gains would have unprecedented destructive potential

November 6, 2021 | Post

If levied, the “billionaire tax” targeting unrealized capital gains would penalize entrepreneurship and have unprecedented destructive potential

Why I'm Thrilled That There Are More Startups Than Ever and Most of Them Fail

September 1, 2016 | Post

The beauty of the market is that it rewards people for creating value for others. Discover new means of creating value means trying new things, being entrepreneurial, and, yes: failing.

Donald Trump, NASCAR Driver: Success in Business vs Economic Knowledge

February 24, 2016 | Post

Professor Donald Boudreaux has an excellent piece over at Cafe Hayek, where he rebuts a common argument he’s been hearing lately in support of Donald Trump: Trump has proven time and again he knows his stuff when it comes to economics. He has a personal wealth of $10Billion proving his understanding. Hard to argue with […]