Henry Maudslay, who made the first practical screw cutting lathe, bench micrometer, and transformed the world of machine tools. He made a bench micrometer that could measure to the 1/10,000th of an inch in the early 1800s.
Richard Stalman, someone who puts other people's rights before his own wallet.
oulipo2 1 days ago [-]
He's got a lot of sexual assault allegations against him. Also awful personal character
Chinjut 6 hours ago [-]
Where can I find these allegations of him committing sexual assault?
tmtvl 1 days ago [-]
Considering some others mentioned here are Elon Musk and Steve Jobs it seems like 'awful personal character' doesn't count for much.
If we completely ignore the Stallman support and take the Stallman report as completely factual and accept it at face value, then I still think the good he has done outweighs the bad.
oulipo2 8 hours ago [-]
Well, "awful personal character" SHOULD count for much in response to the question "Who is your favorite entrepreneur", actually
__patchbit__ 1 days ago [-]
Elon Musk then Steve Jobs.
claudiulodro 24 hours ago [-]
It's not one particular entrepreneur, but my favorite are the long-term local small business owners, like the guy I met a few months ago that's had a tire shop in town since the 70s. They've found a sustainable way to make a living providing something useful for their local community. That should really be the goal.
bawis 22 hours ago [-]
I love the typical family-owned small businesses, their runners are the ones that aspired entrepreneurs should listen to their advices instead of bestsellers books of ghouls preaching their bullshit.
jgrahamc 2 days ago [-]
I just don't idolize individuals.
smackeyacky 1 days ago [-]
Rod Canion.
Practical, but radical enough to take on IBM when their PC looked unassailable. Being first to the table with a 386 and working with others to make sure micro channel was DOA set the standards for the industry for decades.
Edit: 2nd was Gary Kildall
nickfromseattle 1 days ago [-]
Palmer Luckey. Many of the things he discusses, he brings an interesting angle I didn't think of, and has changed my opinion on numerous topics. Great orator.
ekm2 1 days ago [-]
A better question would have been..who would you consider a formidable rival?
late_night_fix 1 days ago [-]
I admired Steve jobs for product vision, but I wouldn't ignore the ecosystem around him.
slipwalker 8 hours ago [-]
Thomas Edison. He was gangsta ! Stole, cheated and lied everytime he could. If we are limited to recent personalities, then John Mcaffe, same reasons.
omertt27 1 days ago [-]
pieter levels, the guy is honest i think.He is doing simple things and succeed.I love his videos.
jorisboris 1 days ago [-]
i know pieter levels, but i'm not aware that he's making videos?
Anyone that worked unselfishly for the public good. People like doctors and scientists putting their career at work to improve humanity
manu3000 1 days ago [-]
Marcel Duchamp
trolleski 1 days ago [-]
Do you mean which billionaire master do you simp for? Stop idolizing them!
perilunar 1 days ago [-]
Elon Musk.
Ok, so he's a bit of a arse, and I really wish he had stayed out of politics, but overall...
dgellow 1 days ago [-]
He’s responsible for at least hundred of thousand of death with the illegal shutdown down of USAID
jorisboris 1 days ago [-]
i share your sentiment, the politics venture hurt his brand, but he's still a crazy impressive entrepreneur
tmtvl 1 days ago [-]
How is the hyperloop coming along nowadays?
al_borland 1 days ago [-]
We’re just going to ignore Tesla, SpaceX, and Neuralink to point at something that he said he didn’t even want to do and said other people should try it?
If anyone else had a single one of those companies it would be considered a life-defining achievement. He has multiple at the same time. Not having a 100% unicorn rate doesn’t make someone a failure.
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jorisboris 1 days ago [-]
Richard Branson, he goes against so much convention:
- everyone has so much process to "hire right", but in his books he hired kinda random it seems. And seems to delegate a lot rather than "founder mode"
- the original remote worker: bought a caribbean island for cheap and managed his businesses from there
- random collections of businesses under his brand: airline, telecom, music, ...
was he just like super lucky that everything worked out for him?
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He helped set up the very first machine tool based line for the production of pully blocks for the British Navy. [1] https://todayinsci.com/M/Maudslay_Henry/MaudslayHenry-ToolBu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_Brand
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Central_Kitchen
If we completely ignore the Stallman support and take the Stallman report as completely factual and accept it at face value, then I still think the good he has done outweighs the bad.
Practical, but radical enough to take on IBM when their PC looked unassailable. Being first to the table with a 386 and working with others to make sure micro channel was DOA set the standards for the industry for decades.
Edit: 2nd was Gary Kildall
Ok, so he's a bit of a arse, and I really wish he had stayed out of politics, but overall...
If anyone else had a single one of those companies it would be considered a life-defining achievement. He has multiple at the same time. Not having a 100% unicorn rate doesn’t make someone a failure.
- everyone has so much process to "hire right", but in his books he hired kinda random it seems. And seems to delegate a lot rather than "founder mode"
- the original remote worker: bought a caribbean island for cheap and managed his businesses from there
- random collections of businesses under his brand: airline, telecom, music, ...
was he just like super lucky that everything worked out for him?