Like Greece, Italy is notorious for making it virtually impossible for entrepreneurs, especially foreigners, to do business.
Banks won't lend unless they see 200 or 300 percent collateral, which, tautologically, makes it impossible for entrepreneurs who have nothing to actually start something.
Perriello had won in 2008 by talking about "corporate capture of government," and by convincing voters that the Democrats would take on the big banks and corporations whose collusion with Washington had made it impossible for small entrepreneurs in the Fifth District to compete.
For example, if something were to seem impossible upfront, an entrepreneur may not see it as impossible by adding more time to a project, or by adding more people to the project.
Indeed, venture capital's problems with women (and with people of color, and with sexual orientation) extend far beyond the obviously terrible behavior exposed in the excellent reporting done by The New York Times (which would have been impossible without the brave entrepreneurs who came forward to speak on the record about the sexual misconduct they had to confront).
And why is it virtually impossible to find an entrepreneur anywhere in America who would rather set up shop anywhere else?Something in the airSome of this is due to the country's booming economy, but there are two other reasons as well.
Also, it was nearly impossible to be an entrepreneur back then.
I'm sure you've heard it before – the myth that losing weight is impossible for the busy entrepreneur.
Balance implies that your attention and focus is evenly distributed which is somewhat impossible when, as an entrepreneur, no two days are the same.
But it would have been impossible if the country's entrepreneurs had not possessed the sort of work ethic that drove the captains of Victorian industry.
