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I dunno, Notch seemed to do alright for himself. Having made at least a billion as a result of starting his own company. I suspect that qualifies as an entrep
by unclebunkers 12y ago
I dunno, Notch seemed to do alright for himself. Having made at least a billion as a result of starting his own company. I suspect that qualifies as an entrepreneur. He didn't seem the KKND type, but I could be wrong.
- parasubvert 12y agoNotch isn't an entrepreneur, he's said so himself. He has no interest in creating or running companies. He's the success story of a brilliant founder that hands off his work to a parent (Microsoft) to do the dirty work.
- unclebunkers 12y agoYou're simply presenting a "No True Scotsman" fallacy. Notch created his own company, ran it, and made a billion in selling it. If that's not an entrepreneur, most of HN is going to need to change their business cards.
- idlewords 12y agoThe "no true scotsman" fallacy is not a true fallacy.
- unclebunkers 12y agoCute.
- parasubvert 12y agoIf you think Notch's approach is the model to be emulated for other game entrepreneurs, good luck to you.
- Someone1234 12y ago> He's the success story of a brilliant founder that hands off his work to a parent (Microsoft) to do the dirty work. All Minecraft versions combined have sold over 50 million copies, and the product is on the decline (since people only buy it once). So what "dirty work" did he hand it off for Microsoft to do?
- parasubvert 12y agoFair enough. Words get diluted because of corner cases. How about: Notch had very little to do with growing and running his company. He built an awesome game, and kept improving it until he moved on to build something else in the company. Which he abandoned and sold to Microsoft because the community started turning against him (ala Phil Fish) and it was impacting his life. He wasnt ever interested in the business side. That makes him much more of an inventor than an entrepreneur.