Comments on: Public Entrepreneurship http://organizationsandmarkets.com/2009/03/27/public-entrepreneurship/ Economics of organizations, strategy, entrepreneurship, innovation, and more Sat, 26 May 2012 19:17:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Rafe Champion http://organizationsandmarkets.com/2009/03/27/public-entrepreneurship/#comment-73550 Fri, 27 Mar 2009 22:47:04 +0000 http://organizationsandmarkets.com/?p=5061#comment-73550 Burton Folsom made a useful distinction beween market enterpreneurs (good) and political entrepreneurs who demonstrate their talents by obtaining government support to prop up their ventures (bad).

Folsom identified the following people as market entrepreneurs:

* John Jacob Astor
* James J. Hill
* John D. Rockefeller
* Charles M. Schwab
* Cornelius Vanderbilt

He regards these people as political entrepreneurs:

* Robert Fulton
* Thomas McKenney
* Henry Villard
* Warren Buffett

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burton_W._Folsom,_Jr.

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