The entrepreneurial landscape in orthopedics is made up of many strange characters.
For some, starting a company is a calling—a chance to innovate, lead, and create value. For others, the allure of entrepreneurship can be a trap, driven by misplaced confidence rather than genuine capability.
The Dunning-Kruger Effect (DKE), a cognitive bias where individuals with low ability overestimate their competence while the highly skilled may underestimate theirs, offers a powerful lens to understand who should—and shouldn’t—build their own company.
Let’s explore why talented, ambitious people are pr...
