tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28810014.post8789484483275015569..comments2023-09-12T04:48:26.962-06:00Comments on What's a BOPreneur?: Capitalism, Death and SexBopreneurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18394890260699883067noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28810014.post-44329993030571892952009-01-19T04:54:00.000-07:002009-01-19T04:54:00.000-07:00The death of capitalism is absurd. We have too ma...The death of capitalism is absurd. We have too many radical individualists just in the US to ensure that this doesn't happen.<BR/><BR/>I think capitalism is smart enough to:<BR/>a) reform itself after crisis<BR/>b) seek government solutions as breaks to avoid a full-on collapse. (ie very slow leak vs. Titanic style)Compassioninpoliticshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04607367187371572427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28810014.post-74199956127929939042009-01-18T21:27:00.000-07:002009-01-18T21:27:00.000-07:00Thanks, Rob. I am still optimistic, but this goes ...Thanks, Rob. I am still optimistic, but this goes to the "degree of difficulty" issue that you, Ryan and I have discussed (as written in Nextbillion and Richesforgood). <BR/>If you are starting an enterprise you want to scale, why would you start in Equatorial Guinea? Maybe because that is where you are from, or maybe because there is some specific advantage to starting there. But too often, the Bopreneurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18394890260699883067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28810014.post-18708652099805042412009-01-15T20:54:00.000-07:002009-01-15T20:54:00.000-07:00In short, "it's the governance, stupid." Right? ...In short, "it's the governance, stupid." Right? Commodity booms can be good, but without checks and balances they create Equatorial Guinea's not South Korea's. (Yes, vast generalization but I hope you get my point.)<BR/><BR/>I'm more and more conscious of this as we talk more about business in the BoP world. I'm starting to think that there is no magic sauce, no business model that can be "Robert Katzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13610054480218426250noreply@blogger.com