Which of the following would be most successful in business today? And what kind of business would they run (Internet startup, chain store, internatio

Remirro da Orca was a “resolute and ruthless man (Machiavelli 34). He was given complete authority over Romagna and “ within the shortest time brought peace and unity to Romagna, gaining much power and influence in the process” (Machiavelli 34). However, it had come to Cesare Borgia’s attention that Remirro da Orca had caused “hatred among the people” (Machiavelli 34) and so ordered his execution in the town square. This man would have made a great leader of an chain store. He was excellent at uniting and putting everyone in their place, but caused too much hatred and so was ordered killed. Since he is not a main character but an important one, he would be able to run a Wal-Mart or another chain store.

Cesare Borgia was considered a great man. He worked himself up from the bottom and rose to the top. He would be an excellent CEO of a huge multibillion dollar corporation, maybe like Bill Gates. He “used every means in his power and did all that a prudent and skillful man must do in order to establish himself in those states which the arms and good fortune of another have granted him” (Machiavelli 31). Cesare Borgia was not afraid to exercise his power and do what needed to be done. In order to be the greatest, Borgia won over the nobleman of the Orsini and Colonna by “granting them large stipends”(Machiavelli 33). Now all of the affection for the noblemen transferred to Borgia which made him very powerful. Not only was Borgia a good leader but also a good deceiver. He did not trust his own allies, so he had to dispose of them, yet kept the followers as his allies. With every move he made, Cesare Borgia made himself more powerful and played his game like a CEO executive would do to make even more money.

Oliverotto da Fermo is a great example of a man who started out low and worked his way up to someone very powerful. He would make a great leader for a mafia. Oliverotto da Fermo started out as a soldier working for his uncle and then later his brother. As like all mafia members he grew ambitious so he worked with Vitelli and fought against Pisa and Naples. He finally started to work for Borgia and wanted Fermo for himself so he decided to kill his uncle and prominent people of Fermo in an ambush. Oliverotto da Fermo then made himself the ruler. He successfully worked his way up from a thug to a boss if he was in a mafia.