philbus121 Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Does anyone know of any philosophers -- in particular PhD students -- who have successfully engaged in entrepreneurial activity as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kantianisms Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 (edited) Google is your friend Paul Canetti, founder and CEO of MAZ Media Amol Sarva(Peek), Ken Reisman (TLists), Damon Horowitz (Aardvark), Patrick Byrne(Overstock), Josh Snyder (Treeline Labs), and of course Chris Dixon (Hunch) http://www.businessinsider.com/successful-philosophy-majors-2014-1?op=1 Larry Sanger - co-founder of Wikipedia http://healthcareethicscanada.blogspot.com/2008/12/philosophy-degrees-and-famous-people.html That's just to list a few. Now, if you mean individuals who were PhD students and entrepreneurs at the same time, well, I have no idea. However, I suspect that this would be an extremely bad idea as both take up an inordinate amount of time, and that doesn't even ensure that you're going to be successful in either. So, it would seem to be a surefire way to fail at both if you tried to do both at the same time. Edited June 21, 2014 by Kantianisms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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