The Sacramento Bee, February 3, 2011
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales delivered an inspirational speech to 600 attendees at Hult International Business School's San Francisco campus, revealing how companies around the world are adopting the open-source technology that made his free encyclopedia a global success.
Mr. Wales told Hult students that his success stemmed from initial failures. "The way I got here is through failure," said Jimmy Wales. "For a lot of my projects I should have quit a lot sooner," reflected Wales to the crowd. Mr. Wales also shared his strategy for the future of the Wikimedia Foundation and commented on ways his organization could achieve this by saying, "We do think we need more diversity in our community."
Wales, a champion of Internet freedom, becomes the latest in an impressive line of high-profile speakers to share their knowledge with Hult students. "For any organization it is important to maintain that willingness to fail and try new things," said Wales...
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