<story><title>NYC Man Earns $55,000 A Year Peddling Candy On Subway</title><url>http://jobs.aol.com/articles/2011/12/02/nyc-man-earns-55-000-a-year-peddling-candy-on-the-subway/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>gerggerg</author><text>Selling shit on the subway is illegal. The reason this man is capable of making a profit is because he has almost no competition. It has nothing to do with entrepreneurship, being a good salesman, having a good idea, or really anything positive other than the giving spirit of some New Yorkers. He&apos;s milking a system in which he exists illegally and if it were actually legal to sell shit on the subway, the subway would be significantly less tolerable and he wouldn&apos;t be able to come close to making a good living.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>joelrunyon</author><text>Why is it okay to break the rules in the tech world but if you do it in the NYC subway, it&apos;s cheating.&lt;p&gt;Entrepreneurship is all about breaking the rules, making your own way and making things happen.&lt;p&gt;The guy probably didn&apos;t have a lot set up for him in life, so instead of feeling sorry for himself, he put on his shoes, grabbed his box of candy and made it happen.&lt;p&gt;Just because he&apos;s exercising his entrepreneurial spirit by doing something that&apos;s not as sexy as programming the next facebook/twitter/social &quot;disruption&quot; doesn&apos;t mean his attitude shouldn&apos;t be applauded.&lt;p&gt;Give the guy some credit.</text></comment>
<story><title>NYC Man Earns $55,000 A Year Peddling Candy On Subway</title><url>http://jobs.aol.com/articles/2011/12/02/nyc-man-earns-55-000-a-year-peddling-candy-on-the-subway/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>gerggerg</author><text>Selling shit on the subway is illegal. The reason this man is capable of making a profit is because he has almost no competition. It has nothing to do with entrepreneurship, being a good salesman, having a good idea, or really anything positive other than the giving spirit of some New Yorkers. He&apos;s milking a system in which he exists illegally and if it were actually legal to sell shit on the subway, the subway would be significantly less tolerable and he wouldn&apos;t be able to come close to making a good living.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>arnoldwh</author><text>Don&apos;t knock the hustle.  I remember hearing about how GrubWithUs started by inserting flyers inside the free morning daily newsletters in subways (illegally) - people applauded at how &quot;scrappy&quot; this great startup was.  Setting up lemonade stands is also illegal unless you have a permit, but nobody complains.  I guess sometimes the law just isn&apos;t in your favor, and you have to actually think for yourself whether something is right or wrong.</text></comment>