How Tim O'Reilly Built a Mega-Career by Playing Well with Others

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	How Tim O'Reilly Built a Mega-Career by Playing Well with Others

Julia Bradley

7-3-2007 1:43 PM

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HARVARD CLASSICS DEPARTMENT</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.successmagazine.com/article.php?article_id=254">TWENTY-NINE YEARS LATER, O’REILLY MEDIA HAS A LOCK ON ABOUT 15% OF THE 
INDUSTRY’S $400 MILLION ANNUAL SALES. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.successmagazine.com/article.php?article_id=254">His original business model, he says, was all about the journey, not the 
bottom-line destination. His motto starting out was “interesting work for 
interesting people.” “If you look at it, so many really transformative 
businesses start with people having fun. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak were just 
kids playing with computers, right? </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.successmagazine.com/article.php?article_id=254">“What are those ideas that have lift? The future is driven by these innovators 
outside the mainstream who are doing something just for fun.” It’s not enough to 
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