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		skippyboxedhero 57 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Trevor Milton's Nikola case dropped by SEC followi... Fraud is an essential subcomponent of entrepreneurship. You cannot have one without the other. If I am trying to get you to invest in something, you have to swap cash today for a vague promise about the future. This does not make it less wrong but fraud is essential.

lotsofpulp 57 days ago [–]

Your definition of fraud is nonsense.

> wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain

There is no reason entrepreneurship has to involve deception.

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