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Wikipedia, Khan Academy, Linux and Rails are fame and impact. Jimmy Wales is worth some $25 million, and basically lives his life off the Wikipedia books. Linu
by huggyface 14y ago
Wikipedia, Khan Academy, Linux and Rails are fame and impact.
Jimmy Wales is worth some $25 million, and basically lives his life off the Wikipedia books. Linus can write his own ticket anywhere, and has virtually unlimited potential. Rails....partner at 37 Signals.
If you have fame and impact you can almost always convert that into a lot of cold, hard cash.
- temphn 14y agoRight, but it's about the psychological state. Jimmy Wales made his money outside of Wikipedia. Linus wasn't doing Linux to get rich. If you read their bios, the Google guys weren't thinking about getting rich. Of all the recent crop of successful startups, maybe only Mark Pyncus was really focused on getting rich. It's a bit zen but there is a good way to tell the difference. A successful startup founder, when presented with the choice between more money and more power, will take power every time.