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Old 07-21-2012, 02:14 PM
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Originally Posted by raymr View Post
I know what he's trying to say, but he delivered it stupidly. If I were a self-made business leader, I would be, at the very least, insulted by those remarks. Modern infrastructure is a given today. Everyone expects running water, electricity, web access, roads, and cell phones. The statement that businesses are more indebted to these things than anyone else who uses them, without citing all the positives that businesses provide is a big campaign mistake.
The full remarks in context are not as damning. And as for modern infrastructure being a given, try running your startup in Ghana or Somalia. Modern infrastructure is not in place by accident.
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