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I know Derik the founder of Yogaglo. He's both passionate about the practice and ideals behind Yoga and a savvy business person. I don't think the two are mutua
by mikeryan 13y ago
I know Derik the founder of Yogaglo. He's both passionate about the practice and ideals behind Yoga and a savvy business person. I don't think the two are mutually exclusive.
Despite all this Yogaglo is a fantastic case of a highly successful, primarily bootstrapped business.
- loceng 13y agoI don't know Derik, however I imagine he must have found value in yoga to start a business in it - to at least see the potential and value it has for others - and as a viable way to make money. Nothing wrong with that. Though patenting something is fear-driven (or it's for protective purposes, though they sent out cease & desist orders already AFAIK), or it's purposely repressive in forcing someone else to not be able to express themselves in a certain way. If it's fear-driven, I don't blame him - our capitalistic system is designed so that if you fail at earning enough money to pay yourself, then you can't survive - and that's a lot of pressure and reason for fear. If it's to purposely repress people from expressing themselves in a certain way - which I highly doubt it is - then I would have a problem with that.