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Scientific proof that you have to be crazy to start a business

April 29, 2015/

New research finds mental illnesses are common among entrepreneurs, and actually help them succeed.

"The people that we admire for being entrepreneurs seem to come from the same gene pool as the people who are kind of socially stigmatized because of mental health conditions," Freeman said. "They must confer some adaptive advantage otherwise they wouldn’t be so highly represented in the population."

By Matt McFarland

Full Story: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/wp/2015/04/29/crazy-good-how-mental-illnesses-help-entrepreneurs-thrive/

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