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Playing Monopoly was a blast as a kid. Buying Boardwalk and ParkPlace. Passing Go and collecting $200. Building an empire. Now thatyou're an entrepreneur, why not take some of those Monopolylessons and apply them to your business?
That's the idea behind Everything I Know About Business ILearned From Monopoly (Running Press) by Alan Axelrod."The great lesson of Monopoly is to flex your riskmuscle," Axelrod says. "In Monopoly, a cautious strategycan never win." Axelrod says the game is all about thecalculus of opportunity. Passively letting opportunities pass youby effectively plays into the hands of opponents.
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