“CEOS who are neurotic impostors are also likely to become addicted to consulting companies.”
Manfred F.R. Kets de Vries (1942) Dutch academic
Source: The Leader on the Couch, 2011, p. 17
“Consulting is where product companies go to die.”
"How to Fund a Startup" http://www.paulgraham.com/startupfunding.html, November 2005
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