This is why we are entrepreneurs. An awesome video.

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Post by shafqat » Thu, May 14, 2009, 5:30 PM UTC

This is why we are entrepreneurs. An awesome video.
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Post by jack7890 » Thu, May 14, 2009, 6:11 PM UTC

The message is a bit trite, but the production values are phenomenal. Beautifully done video.

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Post by thomanil » Thu, May 14, 2009, 6:27 PM UTC

Sappy but uplifting video. I'm going to bookmark it and replay it when motivation for my mISV starts flagging. :)

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Post by tdavis » Thu, May 14, 2009, 6:56 PM UTC

You know, it has yet to occur to me that I might not be able to do whatever I want. I'm not even sure what that would feel like.

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Post by jimboyoungblood » Thu, May 14, 2009, 7:30 PM UTC

did anyone look at the company that produced this video? http://grasshopper.com/

http://blog.entrepreneur.com/2009/05/video-entrepreneurs-can...

they're trying to sell stuff to entrepreneurs (who've never heard of grand central / google voice). Obviously this video is a cynical viral marketing ploy... lame.

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Post by rabidsnail » Thu, May 14, 2009, 7:58 PM UTC

This is the ideology that has been slowly and quietly ruining America and the world. Innovation has nothing to do with entrepreneurs. Innovation happens when craftsmen, not businessmen, find better ways of practicing their craft. The people that built/are building the technologies that are radically improving the lives of the public do so out of a drive to build. We don't need more Carnegies, and we _certainly_ don't need more P.T. Barnums. We need Benjamin Franklins.

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Post by Mistone » Thu, May 14, 2009, 8:11 PM UTC

marketing ploys aside, cool video, little dose of inspiration and while google voice/grandcentral has been sitting idle for years this company as been out in the market acquiring customers and making money, so more power to them.

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Post by davidbnewquist » Thu, May 14, 2009, 8:13 PM UTC

"Change the world" is only part of the equation. But what drives the hacker entrepreneur day to day? It's the adrenaline and focus supplied by the promised emotional payoff of a completed mission. Any veteran of a website launch knows what I'm talking about. This is why we're entrepreneurs, and it's the subject of this humorous video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgNyoxpENXc

And no, it doesn't ask you to shell out any $$.

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Post by chops » Thu, May 14, 2009, 8:25 PM UTC

rabidsnail wrote: post #6

This is the ideology that has been slowly and quietly ruining America and the world. Innovation has nothing to do with entrepreneurs. Innovation happens when craftsmen, not businessmen, find better ways of practicing their craft. The people that built/are building the technologies that are radically improving the lives of the public do so out of a drive to build. We don't need more Carnegies, and we _certainly_ don't…

There's nothing ruinous about holding the entrepreneurial spirit on a pedestal. It's the entrepreneurial spirit that drives innovation, whether it's inside the R&D department of a massive corporation (one can still be entrepreneurial while an employee - it was entrepreneurial ism that brought us Gmail), or someone's basement, or a few friends in a loft on the east side of Milwaukee.

That said, one cannot completely dismiss "business" as a skill. Management, business direction, and market "intuition" are all skills, and when properly used, they give the necessary direction to the true creators: engineers, craftsmen, etc to allow them to excel.

What would Woz be without Jobs?

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Post by davidbnewquist » Thu, May 14, 2009, 8:26 PM UTC

rabidsnail wrote: post #6

This is the ideology that has been slowly and quietly ruining America and the world. Innovation has nothing to do with entrepreneurs. Innovation happens when craftsmen, not businessmen, find better ways of practicing their craft. The people that built/are building the technologies that are radically improving the lives of the public do so out of a drive to build. We don't need more Carnegies, and we _certainly_ don't…

Amen! Unfortunately, it seems popular "Western" culture is inspiring lots more Carnegies and Barnums than Franklins. But how can a shift in culture be brought about?