The Way of the Philosopreneur
An unfolding list of principles
The way of the philosopreneur is to:
1. Commercialize thought.
2. Utilize the market to spread a worldview.
3. Be in continuous praxis.
4. Spiritualize matter.
5. Materialize spirit.
6. Build an answer to the question.
7. Merge civilizational thinking with commercial undertaking.
8. Conclude with a question.
9. Help facilitate the evolution of consciousness with commerce as the tool.
10. Create a product or service that sparks philosophical inquiry.
11. Engage in dialogue with customers.
12. Make the unconscious conscious through business.
13. Integrate these symbols: the philosopher’s stone and the entrepreneur’s lightbulb.
14. Continuously interrogate and nurture capitalism.
15. Advance the dialectic between fundraising and bootstrapping with an elegant synthesis.
16. Venture into the collective unconscious to excavate innovative and evolutionary gems.
17. Synthesize being and becoming.
18. Find the meaning of existence in the process of execution.
19. Describe the action once taken.
20. Push the boundaries of commerce without compromising the philosophical pursuit.
21. Build a business that solves and pushes forth a philosophical debate.
22. Find your "why" through philosophy, and your "how" through entrepreneurship.
23. Penetrate the heart of reality through honesty and action.
24. See every hardship as an opportunity to die to “what was”.
25. 1. Write to build; and 2. Build to write
26. Merge idea and action, not one after another, but truly as one.
27. Not indulge in mental masturbation.
28. Nurture a company culture of Truth, Beauty, and the Good.
29. Treat the consumer as God.
30. Contextualize the offer in the movement of history.
Recognize that the path to knowledge is through action.