Yeah, it surprised me, too, to read that in what I'd long viewed as the ultra-liberal, pro-big-government New York Times.
But it wasn't really the Times speaking, rather it was Tom Friedman, one of the Times' most savvy and open-minded columnists.
Tag Archives: start-ups
USA Today: “Entrepreneurs turn to 401(k)s”
USA Today has been running a series, edited by Rhonda Abrams, on starting your own business. This article, by Christine Dugas, looks at some case studies of entrepreneurs tapping their retirement accounts to fund start-ups. The article also looks at some of the tax and economic ramifications of doing that.
Washington Post: “The Hard Part Is Getting Out of the Starting Blocks”
Well, it'd be true even if the Washington Post had not so declared!
Actually, the context is a bit different than you'd expect. Columnist Tom Heath uses that headline as a lead in to get his own mental neurons warmed up, then tells of rather unlikely successful start-up. (Actually, come to think of it, a lot of successful start-ups seemed "rather unlikely" before the ball started rolling: "Ahh, Mort, that'll never work, don't waste your time!")
The article also gets into how Infoition News Services got that crucial first client, and how that first led to others, and then others.