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Spring 2021

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 36, Number 1

Categories: Spring 2021 | Entrepreneurship

Build the Hill: How the Resilient Entrepreneur Can Persevere

Arthur M. Diamond, Jr., University of Nebraska Omaha

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TheJournalofPrivateEnterprise36(1),2021,45–53BuildtheHill:HowtheResilientEntrepreneurCanPersevereArthurM.Diamond,Jr.*UniversityofNebraskaOmaha______________________________________________________AbstractEntrepreneurJimClarkwantedtoprotecthisprivacybybuildingatallerfence.Thegovernmenttoldhimhecouldnotbuildatallerfence.Sohebuiltahillaroundhispropertyandputhisold,legalfenceontopofhisnew,legalhill.Idiscussafewexamplesofentrepreneurs“buildingthehill.”Entrepreneurstoooftenbelievetheymustchoosebetweengivinguporfightingtochangetherules.Sometimesathirdoptionisbest:findanimblepivotthatcanachieveagoalwithoutthedrainoftimeandenergyittakestochangetherules.______________________________________________________JELCodes:A2,D72,L26Keywords:regulations,entrepreneurship,JimClark,WaltDisneyI.BuildtheHillWhenSiliconGraphicsfounderJimClarkbuilthishomeinAtherton,California,noneighborswerecloseenoughtothreatenhisprivacy.Butwithdevelopment,next-doorneighborscouldlookdownintohisswimmingpool.Theobvioussolutionwastobuildahigherfence.ButthatwasagainstAtherton’szoninglaws.Clarkdidnotfightcityhall.Instead,hebuiltahillaroundhisproperty,puttinghisold,short,legalfenceonhisnew,higher,legalhill(Hamm1998;Lewis2000,pp.46–47).Clarkwasnotthefirsttobuildthehill.Severalexamplesillustratethediversityoftime,place,andcontextinwhichnimblepivotshaveovercomeoppressiveobstacles.Inthemid-1800s,whenthelandlordsofScotlandfeltthreatenedbythegrowthoftheFreeChurch,they*Amuchearlierversionofthepaperwaspresentedatthe2014annualmeetingofAPEE.AmuchbrieferversionoftheOswaldtheLuckyRabbitandBrerRabbitstoryappearsinmyOpennesstoCreativeDestruction:SustainingInnovativeDynamism.IamgratefultoDianaThomasandananonymousrefereeforsuggestionsthatimprovedthepaper.

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Title	Build the Hill: How the Resilient Entrepreneur Can Persevere
Authors/Creators:	Arthur M. Diamond, Jr., University of Nebraska Omaha
Year:	2021
Volume:	36
Number:	1
Pages:	45 - 53
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	regulations, entrepreneurship, Jim Clark, Walt Disney

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Diamond, Jr., Arthur M. / 2021. "Build the Hill: How the Resilient Entrepreneur Can Persevere." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 36(1): 45-53.