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What Should Start-Ups Do With the Brilliant Jerk?
First time accepted submitter glowend writes "Cliff Oxford writes in the New York Times 'I define Brilliant Jerks as specialized, high-producing performers. They are not, however, brilliant business people, and that is what companies need during periods of rapid growth. There are a lot of hurdles to cross when companies move from start-up to growth, including dealing with chaos and changes in culture. But the biggest hurdle is dealing with the human factor — how you move, shift and replace people as the company grows into the next level of success.' So how do you make the best use of the Brilliant Jerk as your company grows?"
Yeah, either getting rich via options or getting a golden parachute sure is a huge risk.
The whole point of being a brilliant business person is to see an opportunity and to be able to take it in order to make profit from having other people do something that the market wants.
FTFY.
Workers don't produce out of nowhere, they have to be hired and told what to do.
Absolute unabashed bullshit. People have "produced" since before we came down from the trees. The businessman may well get credit for encouraging us as a species to produce more than we individually need (though whether you call that "kudos" or "blame" depends on your take on the current state of the world); but his actual direct role amounts to nothing more than that of a parasite.
Throw a bunch of 'workers' together without any purpose, capital, tools and management and see how far that takes you in terms of productivity.
We made it to all seven continents, to the top of the food chain, and discovered beer before "business" started taking a cut. Far enough for ya?