Two cluster of events in 2024, so far, have changed my mind about the nature of the entrepreneurial firm: The post I shared in March, 2024 titled Honesty, Error, Deception, Fraud was a direct response a part of what I experienced in January. It represented the most coherent summary of what I thought I saw and heard. The post in May, Non-fictional intent in fictional contexts was a follow-on about belief, make-believe, deception, and self-deception. July’s post on The nature of secrets – a secret having a component of deception and often a non-fictional intent was in part a response to re-reading prior material with new eyes. The nature of belief, self-belief, self-object-belief, deception, self-deception, make-belief, belief-speaking, delusion, performance, performance[…]