[rhcom2]

Along with soda shops and cookie companies.

A non-snarky comment is in my experience the LDS church puts a great deal of emphasis on entrepreneurship, wealth, and "excellence in all things" that leads some to do great things and others to shamelessly steal and cheat.

[skippyboxedhero]

Fraud is an essential subcomponent of entrepreneurship. You cannot have one without the other. If I am trying to get you to invest in something, you have to swap cash today for a vague promise about the future.

This does not make it less wrong but fraud is essential.

[lotsofpulp]

Your definition of fraud is nonsense.

> wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain

There is no reason entrepreneurship has to involve deception.

[terminalshort]

Beats the hell out of the "everybody successful got there by luck and/or being a bad person" attitude around here, that's for damn sure.