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Being an open entrepreneur

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What does it mean to be an entrepreneur making open source hardware? An open entrepreneur has parallels to being an entrepreneur of any company, but there are also advantages that are often overlooked.

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          cover image XRDS: Crossroads, The ACM Magazine for Students
          XRDS: Crossroads, The ACM Magazine for Students  Volume 23, Issue 4
          Startups and Entrepreneurship
          Summer 2017
          55 pages
          ISSN:1528-4972
          EISSN:1528-4980
          DOI:10.1145/3107106
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