Creative Business

[GmatKiss]

Analyst: Creative professionals, such as clothing designers, graphic designers, and decorators, often have very poor managerial skills and do not succeed when they try to run their own businesses. In fact, most of these creative types are less skilled in business than is the average white-collar professional who does not work in a creative field. Generally, creative talent and business acumen rarely go hand in hand.

If the analyst's argument is taken as true, which of the following statements can properly be concluded?
No successful businesspeople are creative.
Some creative types are not less skilled at business than is the average white-collar worker who is not creative.
Creativity precludes success in business.
Any white-collar worker who is not creative is more successful in business than any creative professional.
Business is not a creative endeavor.

[confuse mind]

IMO - C

[vk_vinayak]

One more vote for C

[ice_rush]

I'd go with (B) on this one.

The stimulus tells us that most of the creative professional types are less skilled in business than is the average white-collar professional --> so, it very well could be true that some of these creative professional types are more skilled than the average white collar professional...this is exactly what choice (B) says.


What's the OA and source?

[rajcools]

Definitely---- B)Some creative types are not less skilled at business than is the average white-collar worker who is not creative.
stimulus says "most" not "all" so "some" are left

all = most + some

[Bill@VeritasPrep]

This is a great example of why we want to use the scope of the stimulus to narrow down our answer choices. All of the premises are particular: "often have poor skills," "most of these creative types are less skilled," "generally, creative talent and business acumen rarely go hand in hand." There are no universal all-or-nothing statements, so drawing a universal conclusion does not make sense.

A, C, D, and E are all universal, whereas B is limited in scope much like the stimulus.

[vk_vinayak]

B it is. The absence of labels, A, B, C ... makes it difficult to post the correct choice.