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Entrepreneurship and Open Source

Entrepreneurship and Open Source

An entrepreneur is someone who can start, significantly expand, or transform an enterprise. ~Walt Sutton

Entrepreneurs can build stronger businesses by using open source software. This presentation shares success stories.

Presented at RubyConf Kenya on May 5, 2016
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Ray Hightower

May 05, 2016
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  1. .

  2. I’m doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won’t

    be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones. 
 Linus Torvalds Grad Student, Finland
  3. “I thought if I can't go to the hacker school,

    let me try to bring the school to me.” @NjeriChelimo
  4. “I thought if I can't go to the hacker school,

    let me try to bring the school to me.” 
 -@NjeriChelimo
  5. [With open source] Rather than just sit around idle waiting

    for some vendor to fix your problems, you get the unique chance of being a steward of your own destiny. 
 -David H. Hansson