Bruce Springsteen achieved some of his greatest success with one of the greatest teams of all time, the E Street Band. So phenomenal was the band that in 2014 it was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in its own right. But when lead guitarist Steve Van Zant was once asked about how Springsteen made decisions he left no doubt that the Boss was well named: \u201cThis ain\u2019t the Beatles,\u201d Van Zant said wryly.<\/p>\n
Having never held a regular job, Springsteen certainly qualifies as an entrepreneur and a phenomenally successful one at that. He\u2019s a regular on\u00a0The Forbes List of the World\u2019s Highest-Paid Celebrities<\/a>\u00a0and in 2016 was ranked number 14 on the first-ever\u00a0Forbes List of America\u2019s Wealthiest Celebrities<\/a>, with a net worth of $460 million. As Van Zant\u2019s remark suggests, Bruce didn\u2019t get there by running a democracy.<\/p>\n That\u2019s not unusual. I don\u2019t know any successful entrepreneurs who ran their businesses democratically. I do know plenty of failed ones who did.<\/p>\n