How not to die is very thought provoking piece in title and concept. Written by Paul Graham, an expert on micro-finance and micro-entrepreneurship, it sounds a clarion call for economic survival in the hardscrabble world of Internet startups. It may just be the formula we need to rebuild our production base in the Information Age.
If a speech of this nature were to be given by the President of the United States an economic analogy with the Gettysburg Address
<![CDATA[<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/Nt-Z-PT5Xfo&rel=0" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/Nt-Z-PT5Xfo&rel=0</a>]]> (animation provided courtesy of
ronh100) would not be out of line.
Those who would rebuild the production base of the Information Age and who still believe in Yankee Ingenuity applaud Mr. Graham's fighting spirit.
Like Japan re-building after WW II, we survivors of WW III (The Cold War) must now look to leaders like W. Edwards Deming and Paul Graham for the formula to rebuild out of Cold War ashes. Our need for infrastructure leadership is great and there is much to do.
Checkout
www.ycombinator.com, founded by the hackers who designed technology acquired by Yahoo as the foundation of Yahoo Stores, for the best open source startup resources anywhere.
Their Start Up library is a great place to start.
Find it here:
http://ycombinator.com/lib.html
