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The Next Generation of Tech Entrepreneurs

Posted by michael on from the if-i-had-a-million-dollars dept.

Craig Sender writes "Wanted to pass along the link to BusinessWeek Online's exclusive special report on tech's young entrepreneurs that was posted this morning. This new generation of tech visionaries are a little older and more experienced than back in the '90s heyday. However, they're just as inspired and determined..."

5 comments

  1. Same people? by SoCalChris · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This new generation of tech visionaries are a little older and more experienced than back in the '90s heyday. However, they're just as inspired and determined...

    Sounds like they're the same people. Hopefully they learned their lesson this time around.

    1. Re:Same people? by over_exposed · · Score: 1

      In reading the article, you find out that many of them ARE the same people that have had one or more failed start-ups.

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      "The object of war is not to die for your country, but to make the other bastard die for his." - Patton
  2. New "Age" by White+Rabbit+132 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    As far as I know, nobody ever said that someone had to be young and vigorous to be in the industry. If these fellows are the same guys, then they've (hopefully picked up some experience). If not, we should all admire their shining example of people who aren't afraid to leap into a competitive new field.

    But it is the same guys.

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    If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.
  3. Second try... by ALT064 · · Score: 1
    Most, if not all, of us know what happened in March of 2000. The Dot-Com Crash put a lot of us IT professionals out of work and left us searching for new IT positions only to find that these positions were seldom found. If they were found they were at a pay rate that was a far cry from what it was before March of 2000 only because there were so many of us with the skills and need for work. I'm still suffering from the Dot-Com crash, and being in the IT field for 12 years hasn't helped me at all. It left many of us struggling to pay the bills and left many more in search of a whole new career field. I know many friends of mine that switched career paths and many that were in school to learn the IT trade that left to pursue other degree programs. I myself have thought about switching careers, the only problem is that there is nothing out there that is remotely interesting to me that I wouldn't have to back to school for another 4 to 6 years to obtain. I can only pray that the IT industry gets back on its feet again and more positions open up with pay scales that are equal to the experience, knowledge and education that we IT professionals have.

    The guys in this article are courageous and I envy them. You can't keep a good dog down.

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  4. Definition of visionaries by ClosedSource · · Score: 1

    People who can draw a vivid and exciting mental picture that convinces other people to invest their money in a dubious enterprise.