In the struggle between capital and labor, more often than not capital has won, because the real source of value for most companies has historically been the hard assets that they owned and controlled.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.
The corporate world is appallingly bad at capitalizing on the strengths of its people.
I would say raising capital is one of the weakest things for most entrepreneurs.
Capital is that part of wealth which is devoted to obtaining further wealth.
Capital is a result of labor, and is used by labor to assist it in further production. Labor is the active and initial force, and labor is therefore the employer of capital.
Thought, not money, is the real business capital.
You will always need more capital than you think, because it will always take you longer to reach profitability than you can imagine.
For resourceful tech founders, finding capital is rarely a problem; making the best use of it is another story. A few years slinging pepperoni pies and chicken wings - on tiny margins and with minimal investment - might not be the worst fiscal training.
From my earliest acquaintance with the science of political economy, it has been evident to my mind that capital was the product of labor, and that therefore, in its best analysis there could be no natural conflict between capital and labor.
Failure is more frequently from want of energy than want of capital.