Ask HN: Do you have a "favorite" entrepreneur? Who?

Posted by auston on Monday December 21, 2009 @12:54AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I've recently become a fan of Dov Charney, the CEO of American Apparel. Do you guys have a favorite? If so, who are they & why?

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Re:Ask HN: Do you have a "favorite" entrepreneur? Who? by nailer on Monday December 21, 2009 @03:37AM (#1007439)

I love Larry and Sergei for being able to deliver on Netscape's dream of making the web the platform, and the OS irrelevant.

I also like 280North for creating an open platform that allows control-centric, rather than document centric, layouts for web apps.

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Re:Ask HN: Do you have a "favorite" entrepreneur? Who? by dpatru on Monday December 21, 2009 @06:21PM (#1008866)

I like Sam Walton because he increased the spending power of a lot of Americans by making retail more efficient. I like that he aligned his business with his customers' interest. His business did well in proportion as it made his customers' better off.

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Re:Ask HN: Do you have a "favorite" entrepreneur? Who? by breckinloggins on Monday December 21, 2009 @01:03AM (#1007285)

Mark Cuban. Grew up in my area, started a cool website in the 90's, got paid way too much for it, and then was smart enough to get his money out of that sector and buy a basketball team.... because he thought it would be fun and he could do it better.

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Re:Ask HN: Do you have a "favorite" entrepreneur? Who? by manbearpig on Monday December 21, 2009 @05:28AM (#1007531)

Most Admired: Bill Gates - he's the only one I can think of who's truly top-notch from both a technical and a business standpoint

Who I wish I were: Steve Chen and Chad Hurley - they went from idea to $1.65 billion in a year-and-a-half

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