[mrcold]

No, it's almost impossible without being a jerk. This personality trait is a requirement for succeeding.

And it's mostly because of the way capitalism works. Once you enter the market, you're automatically forced to turn a profit or get investments. If you don't, you die. Competition is also pretty fierce. You may choose to play by the rules, but others choose not to. So you can easily get killed.

Customers also become your worst enemy. They are forced by the market to buy cheap instead of good. So you're now in a race to the bottom. Plus, the entire market is volatile. Things can change almost instantly. One well targeted review or article can either make you or break you.

So when your entire success is built on a tower of cards, only by being ruthless can you make the climb. We could have had megabit internet 30 years ago. But instead we got AOL and Comcast. People can spin it any way they like. But in the end, actions talk louder than words.

[dylanjermiah]

>No, it's almost impossible without being a jerk. This personality trait is a requirement for succeeding.

Every successful person is a jerk?

>Customers also become your worst enemy. They are forced by the market to buy cheap instead of good.

Price is not the only metric by which people buy a product. There are a large amount of variables which play into a purchasing decision. Also, no one is forced. You choose what to purchase.

>So when your entire success is built on a tower of cards,

Another large and untrue generalisation.

>We could have had megabit internet 30 years ago. But instead we got AOL and Comcast.

Please explain this further.