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# Paul Graham - what business can learn from open source
- URL: https://www.lorcandempsey.net/paul-graham-what-business-can-learn-from-open-source/
- Published: 2005-08-05T22:37:22.000Z
- Updated: 2020-10-28T21:05:07.000Z
- Author: Lorcan Dempsey
- Tags: Misc

Typically readable recent essay:

> So these, I think, are the three big lessons open source and blogging have to teach business: (1) that people work harder on stuff they like, (2) that the standard office environment is very unproductive, and (3) that bottom-up often works better than top-down. \[[What Business Can Learn from Open Source](https://www.paulgraham.com/opensource.html?ref=lorcandempsey.net)\]