10 of History's Most Successful Pirates (and What They Teach Us About Work)
by Stephen Johnson from Lifehacker on (#66J6R)

Pirate ships were the start-ups of their day. During the golden age of piracy" (approximately 1650-1720), countless thousands of sailors and underground entrepreneurs tried their luck at high-seas robbery, launching criminal operations with very little capital and a massive potential for profit, just like that app...