Short sighted or near sighted in business?
 

I just read I am chauncy's signature and was thinking about it.

"Catch a man a fish, and you can sell it to him. Teach a man to fish, and you ruin a wonderful business opportunity."
Karl Marx

At first I thought that it was right, but then I realized that it applies to business theory in a whole other way. While it is true that you can sell a man a fish, teaching him to fish is still better. Not because he can then provide for himself, but because you can now:

• Sell him an over priced rod and reel
• Sell him books on where to fish
• Sell him guide services
• sell him 'the only lure' to use
• Produce shows so he can watch other people catch fish he never will
• Produce fish to stock lakes for him to catch

And the list goes on...

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