It’s the ‘pure entrepreneur’ who often leads the way

Paul Cosway intends to drag the transistor radio into the Internet age. Pito Salas is developing software that collects and organizes the latest updates made to a bevy of weblogs, for easy perusal.

It’s the time of year for expressions of gratitude. One of the things I’m grateful for, as an observer of Boston’s technology ecosystem, is our region’s concentration of pure entrepreneurs like Cosway and Salas.

Pure entrepreneurs are loopy and obsessed. They have a vision of the future, and while others are casting their lines into the water to see what will bite, pure entrepreneurs are jumping over the gunwales and swimming after the white whale.

By Scott Kirsner

http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2004/12/27/its_the_pure_entrepreneur_who_often_leads_the_way/