Businessweek picks Dries Buytaert (DRUPAL) as a 2008 top innovator

Thanks to ER for pointing this out:

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Funding: $7 million from North Bridge Venture Partners, Sigma Partners, and O'Reilly Alpha Tech Ventures
While he was still a computer science student in college, Buytaert developed Drupal, a system designed to make it easier to publish,

manage, and organize content on a Web site. He opened the source code, attracting a community of developers whose contributions

made Drupal into software that now powers more than 250,000 Web sites, including those of Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Warner

Brothers Records (TWX), and Amnesty International. Acquia, co-founded by Buytaert, will distribute a version of Drupal that has been

tested for quality and security and will charge fees for providing support and other services.
Advice: "Make sure you have a solid business plan and you've done your homework and are passionate about what you are doing, and

people will recognize your potential," says Buytaert, also Acquia's chief technology officer.

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