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Ask HN: Which entrepreneur(s) do you admire the most?

4 points by furiouslol 18y ago

Here's my take: Mark Cuban, Bill Gates, Larry Ellison

alaskamiller 18y ago
Anyone who's failed multiple times.
- mixmax 18y ago
  So you admire me? Really? :-)
  - alaskamiller 18y ago
    Do you keep trying? I fully respect it and admire it because deep down I hope someone feels the same way about me.
    - mixmax 18y ago
      I'm tryin', Ringo. I'm tryin' real hard to be a shepherd. Pulp Fiction
cperciva 18y ago
Jeff Bezos. Not only did he build something people wanted (a better bookstore), but he leveraged that to push forward with other ideas -- computing as a utility (Amazon Web Services), electronic books (kindle), commercial manned space flight (Blue Origin) -- which people have dreamed about for decades.
- known 18y ago
  And he did it to prove his point when D.E.Shaw & Co refused to fund the bookstore idea.
  - cperciva 18y ago
    Nothing wrong with wanting to prove a point. If pg hadn't said that single-founder companies rarely work, I probably wouldn't have decided to work on tarsnap.
inovica 18y ago
Both Brits: Felix Dennis and Richard Branson. Felix Dennis because of his no bullshit attitude (his book is great) and Richard Branson for being a serial entrepreneur with a sense of humour. Both are probably very ruthless in business also, but thats one reason they are where they are
sharp 18y ago
James Dyson. Count his setbacks, then count his sucesses - the guy doesn't quit.
byrneseyeview 18y ago
Peter Thiel. Able to found two companies meant to change the world, both of which have turned out well; able to fund lots of Big Ideas, some of which have been similarly lucrative. I don't think there's anyone else who spends so much time thinking about big ideas (his investment strategy is partly based on odds of a Singularity versus Armageddon) and is still able to make something of value.
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rrival 18y ago
Cuban? Really?
MaysonL 18y ago
Muhammad Yunus, Nikola Tesla, Akio Morita, Kiichiro Toyoda, Jeff Bezos.

4 points by furiouslol 18y ago

Here's my take: Mark Cuban, Bill Gates, Larry Ellison

alaskamiller 18y ago

Anyone who's failed multiple times.

mixmax 18y ago
So you admire me? Really? :-)
- alaskamiller 18y ago
  Do you keep trying? I fully respect it and admire it because deep down I hope someone feels the same way about me.
  - mixmax 18y ago
    I'm tryin', Ringo. I'm tryin' real hard to be a shepherd. Pulp Fiction

cperciva 18y ago

Jeff Bezos. Not only did he build something people wanted (a better bookstore), but he leveraged that to push forward with other ideas -- computing as a utility (Amazon Web Services), electronic books (kindle), commercial manned space flight (Blue Origin) -- which people have dreamed about for decades.

known 18y ago
And he did it to prove his point when D.E.Shaw & Co refused to fund the bookstore idea.
- cperciva 18y ago
  Nothing wrong with wanting to prove a point. If pg hadn't said that single-founder companies rarely work, I probably wouldn't have decided to work on tarsnap.

inovica 18y ago

Both Brits: Felix Dennis and Richard Branson. Felix Dennis because of his no bullshit attitude (his book is great) and Richard Branson for being a serial entrepreneur with a sense of humour. Both are probably very ruthless in business also, but thats one reason they are where they are

sharp 18y ago

James Dyson. Count his setbacks, then count his sucesses - the guy doesn't quit.

byrneseyeview 18y ago

Peter Thiel. Able to found two companies meant to change the world, both of which have turned out well; able to fund lots of Big Ideas, some of which have been similarly lucrative. I don't think there's anyone else who spends so much time thinking about big ideas (his investment strategy is partly based on odds of a Singularity versus Armageddon) and is still able to make something of value.

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rrival 18y ago

Cuban? Really?

MaysonL 18y ago

Muhammad Yunus, Nikola Tesla, Akio Morita, Kiichiro Toyoda, Jeff Bezos.