Comments on: Nonprofit Startups a Nonstarter? Non True. http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2008/06/02/nonprofit-startups-a-nonstarter-non-true/ Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:54:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Daniel Weinreb http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2008/06/02/nonprofit-startups-a-nonstarter-non-true/comment-page-1/#comment-19765 Daniel Weinreb Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:05:41 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/2008/06/02/nonprofit-startups-a-nonstarter-non-true/#comment-19765 I'm surprised that anyone said that the best students would never work for a non-profit. I guess I'm not sure about new students per se, but I know a lot of senior technical people who are highly motivated by the cause that their employer is serving. One example is the One Laptop Per Child program: they got lots of good people, and now that the mission has changed, many are leaving because they came there to work on the mission. Best of luck on your startup!! I’m surprised that anyone said that the best students would never work for a non-profit. I guess I’m not sure about new students per se, but I know a lot of senior technical people who are highly motivated by the cause that their employer is serving. One example is the One Laptop Per Child program: they got lots of good people, and now that the mission has changed, many are leaving because they came there to work on the mission.

Best of luck on your startup!!

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