There are different classes of entrepreneur that run the gambit of risk profile.  An entrepreneur can be an investor who puts a deal together, a soccer mom who opens a flower shop, a software developer trying to change the world, etc, etc.<p>I can't read the full Gladwell article (only the abstract), but its not clear to me that Gladwell was trying to address all classes of entrepreneurs.  However, if he is saying that predatory, risk-averse behavior is how one class of entrepreneurs (or some classes of entrepreneurs) have made most money / success on average - I think this is a reasonable thesis.<p>Anyhow, its a fuzzy rebuttal to an unclear thesis, but my takeaway is that there are plenty of people taking huge risks under the label of entrepreneur, succeeding, and setting good examples for the rest of us.  Will 'predators' exist and continue to thrive? Sure. But that does not mean its the only way an entrepreneur can approach an opportunity.