Comments on: Like Moths To A Flame: Why Open Source Draws Entrepreneurs And Why It’s Important For Innovation http://blog.steffanantonas.com/like-moths-to-a-flame-why-open-source-draws-entrepreneurs-and-why-its-important-for-innovation.htm A Blog on Community, Design and Technology Sun, 18 Jul 2010 07:02:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Personal Growth and Improvement http://blog.steffanantonas.com/like-moths-to-a-flame-why-open-source-draws-entrepreneurs-and-why-its-important-for-innovation.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1879 Personal Growth and Improvement Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:01:35 +0000 http://steffanantonas.com/like-moths-to-a-flame-why-open-source-draws-entrepreneurs-and-why-its-important-for-innovation.htm#comment-1879 This is very nice site you have. I enjoyed browsing through it. Your site has a lot of useful information, very informative. Thank you for sharing your info. This is very nice site you have. I enjoyed browsing through it. Your site has a lot of useful information, very informative. Thank you for sharing your info.

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]]> By: Hal Alpiar http://blog.steffanantonas.com/like-moths-to-a-flame-why-open-source-draws-entrepreneurs-and-why-its-important-for-innovation.htm/comment-page-1#comment-2682 Hal Alpiar Sun, 08 Feb 2009 05:40:09 +0000 http://steffanantonas.com/like-moths-to-a-flame-why-open-source-draws-entrepreneurs-and-why-its-important-for-innovation.htm#comment-2682 Ruxandralle's Twitter post sent me here. <br><br>You DO have one thing to say that makes sense: "Entrepreneurs are and always will be agents of change" - a cornerstone concept in entrepreneurship training I've done with 20,000 business owners and managers. <br><br>The problem is, I believe, that the rest of your thinking (including the reasons you cite for that quote, are out of touch with reality. <br><br>Entrepreneurship is about hands-on . . . not theories, intellectual presentations and arguments. <br><br>Entrepreneurship is about doing, about trial and error, about burning desires and fire in the belly, about pursuing ideas and convictions, about taking reasonable risks, about NOT getting caught up in strategic planning and reasoning and objective evaluations or formulas and testing. <br><br>It's about making things happen. I've helped to birth 500 successful businesses, and formal business plans to raise money were the most (and often the only) bits of planning ever done. It was like get the money and go. <br><br>Entrepreneurs by their very nature, and the reason they ARE agents of change by the way, reject the formalities of business and applications of theory. They just do it! <br><br>If you're interested, my blog is <a href="http://www.halalpiar.com" rel="nofollow">www.halalpiar.com</a> and my website is <a href="http://www.TheWriterWorks.com" rel="nofollow">www.TheWriterWorks.com</a> and I can be easily found on <a href="http://Twitter.com" rel="nofollow">Twitter.com</a> or in any search engine. Thank you for the opportunity to comment and for the courtesy of considering my input. <br><br>Regards - Hal Ruxandralle's Twitter post sent me here.

You DO have one thing to say that makes sense: “Entrepreneurs are and always will be agents of change” – a cornerstone concept in entrepreneurship training I've done with 20,000 business owners and managers.

The problem is, I believe, that the rest of your thinking (including the reasons you cite for that quote, are out of touch with reality.

Entrepreneurship is about hands-on . . . not theories, intellectual presentations and arguments.

Entrepreneurship is about doing, about trial and error, about burning desires and fire in the belly, about pursuing ideas and convictions, about taking reasonable risks, about NOT getting caught up in strategic planning and reasoning and objective evaluations or formulas and testing.

It's about making things happen. I've helped to birth 500 successful businesses, and formal business plans to raise money were the most (and often the only) bits of planning ever done. It was like get the money and go.

Entrepreneurs by their very nature, and the reason they ARE agents of change by the way, reject the formalities of business and applications of theory. They just do it!

If you're interested, my blog is http://www.halalpiar.com and my website is http://www.TheWriterWorks.com and I can be easily found on Twitter.com or in any search engine. Thank you for the opportunity to comment and for the courtesy of considering my input.

Regards – Hal

]]> By: Hal Alpiar http://blog.steffanantonas.com/like-moths-to-a-flame-why-open-source-draws-entrepreneurs-and-why-its-important-for-innovation.htm/comment-page-1#comment-650 Hal Alpiar Sat, 07 Feb 2009 22:40:09 +0000 http://steffanantonas.com/like-moths-to-a-flame-why-open-source-draws-entrepreneurs-and-why-its-important-for-innovation.htm#comment-650 Ruxandralle's Twitter post sent me here. <br><br>You DO have one thing to say that makes sense: "Entrepreneurs are and always will be agents of change" - a cornerstone concept in entrepreneurship training I've done with 20,000 business owners and managers. <br><br>The problem is, I believe, that the rest of your thinking (including the reasons you cite for that quote, are out of touch with reality. <br><br>Entrepreneurship is about hands-on . . . not theories, intellectual presentations and arguments. <br><br>Entrepreneurship is about doing, about trial and error, about burning desires and fire in the belly, about pursuing ideas and convictions, about taking reasonable risks, about NOT getting caught up in strategic planning and reasoning and objective evaluations or formulas and testing. <br><br>It's about making things happen. I've helped to birth 500 successful businesses, and formal business plans to raise money were the most (and often the only) bits of planning ever done. It was like get the money and go. <br><br>Entrepreneurs by their very nature, and the reason they ARE agents of change by the way, reject the formalities of business and applications of theory. They just do it! <br><br>If you're interested, my blog is <a href="http://www.halalpiar.com" rel="nofollow">www.halalpiar.com</a> and my website is <a href="http://www.TheWriterWorks.com" rel="nofollow">www.TheWriterWorks.com</a> and I can be easily found on <a href="http://Twitter.com" rel="nofollow">Twitter.com</a> or in any search engine. Thank you for the opportunity to comment and for the courtesy of considering my input. <br><br>Regards - Hal Ruxandralle's Twitter post sent me here.

You DO have one thing to say that makes sense: “Entrepreneurs are and always will be agents of change” – a cornerstone concept in entrepreneurship training I've done with 20,000 business owners and managers.

The problem is, I believe, that the rest of your thinking (including the reasons you cite for that quote, are out of touch with reality.

Entrepreneurship is about hands-on . . . not theories, intellectual presentations and arguments.

Entrepreneurship is about doing, about trial and error, about burning desires and fire in the belly, about pursuing ideas and convictions, about taking reasonable risks, about NOT getting caught up in strategic planning and reasoning and objective evaluations or formulas and testing.

It's about making things happen. I've helped to birth 500 successful businesses, and formal business plans to raise money were the most (and often the only) bits of planning ever done. It was like get the money and go.

Entrepreneurs by their very nature, and the reason they ARE agents of change by the way, reject the formalities of business and applications of theory. They just do it!

If you're interested, my blog is http://www.halalpiar.com and my website is http://www.TheWriterWorks.com and I can be easily found on Twitter.com or in any search engine. Thank you for the opportunity to comment and for the courtesy of considering my input.

Regards – Hal

]]> By: Steffan http://blog.steffanantonas.com/like-moths-to-a-flame-why-open-source-draws-entrepreneurs-and-why-its-important-for-innovation.htm/comment-page-1#comment-273 Steffan Sat, 07 Feb 2009 14:29:35 +0000 http://steffanantonas.com/like-moths-to-a-flame-why-open-source-draws-entrepreneurs-and-why-its-important-for-innovation.htm#comment-273 @Alex - You make a good point. A lot of great internet entrepreneurs start out this way - by giving away free stuff at the beginning (or in snippets along the way) to get attention, back links etc. Specifically, around open source - Brian Gardner (makes WordPress themes) is a fantastic example. He started out releasing free wordpress themes (built for Wordpress - an open source platform) and built a business around it. Now he consults and people pay top dollar for his services and themes. He got known by "moving the Freeline" as you say. Great point. Thanks for the insightful comment. @Alex – You make a good point. A lot of great internet entrepreneurs start out this way – by giving away free stuff at the beginning (or in snippets along the way) to get attention, back links etc. Specifically, around open source – Brian Gardner (makes WordPress themes) is a fantastic example. He started out releasing free wordpress themes (built for Wordpress – an open source platform) and built a business around it. Now he consults and people pay top dollar for his services and themes. He got known by “moving the Freeline” as you say. Great point. Thanks for the insightful comment.

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