Hackerpreneur
-noun
a leader who combines the skills and passions of a software hacker or craftsman, with the drive and passion of an entrepreneur, to successfully create and market new software products or services.
See also:
- Hacker: "a person who enjoys exploring the details of programmable systems and how to stretch their capabilities, as opposed to most users, who prefer to learn only the minimum necessary." —Eric S. Raymond
- Software Craftsman: a software developer who ascribes to the Manifesto for Software Craftsmanship.
- Entrepreneur: a person driven less by making money and more by a need to see her new product or service succeed in the marketplace.
Examples:
- Paul Graham: a programmer, entrepreneur, and writer. Paul is known for being an advocate of the Lisp programming language and for co-founding Viaweb, which eventually was purchased by Yahoo! and became Yahoo! Stores. He is also a co-founder of Y Combinator, which provides seed funding to hi-technology startups.
- Joel Spolsky: a software engineer, entrepreneur, and writer. Joel is the founder of Fog Creek Software.
