Types of entrepreneurs

Notes from Types of entrepreneurs by Jonathan Gheller.

…business is an excellent way for the creative and independent-minded to make a dent in the world.

I really liked this short article and the accompanying chart.

One of the reasons these three guys are legendary is that they are the best in the world in one of these archetypes and top 99% on the other two.

I never met Steve Jobs, and I’ve never met Mark Zuckerberg or Jeff Bezos, but I know folks who have. These individuals admit that there’s some “start struck” impact on your judgement in these situations, but all do describe the same experience: Zuck, Jobs, Bezos, Susan Wojcicki, Tim Cook, Whitney Wolfe Herd… they each operate at whole other level. You’ll get six words into a paragraph explainer, and the [insert leader’s name] will interrupt you because they already know the thing you’re going to tell them.

I think “build something people want” aims at helping artisans become more business-minded. the “MVP” philosophy is aimed at helping business people think about the iterative nature of a craft. “Move fast and break things” is meant to help artisans think more like politicians; to show how the world can be changed (hopefully for the better) if you put enough energy behind your efforts.