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I don’t believe that entrepreneurship can be taught by taking a course or reading a book. I think you just learn by getting off your ass and starting a company. There is something to be said for good case studies from guest lecturers who have been there and done it. I guess thats what makes B-schools like Stanford and Sloan special. Here’s a cool resource for teaching yourself entrepreneurship here at StartUpNorth by David Crow.

We’re doing implementations of open source healthcare software like patientos and openvista right now. I called a proprietary medical software company recently and they said I’d have to pay for a resellers license. What was the price of the license to sell THEIR SOFTWARE, you might ask? $15,000 for a silver VAR label and $25,000 for their gold. Thats right. $25,000 to peddle software to hospitals and doctors. In a time and age where Open Source rules and affiliate programs run rampant, there are still software companies that charge you... Read The Rest →