“If your aspirations are not greater than your resources, you’re not an entrepreneur.”

C.K. Prahlad in: Art Kleiner, " The Life’s Work of a Thought Leader http://www.strategy-business.com/article/00043?gko=bcd57," in: Strategy & Business, August 9, 2010.

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