As a huge Indiana Jones fan (I am http://del.icio.us/drjones and http://twitter.com/indyjones , to give you a sense), and an entrepreneur myself, Justin Petruccelli’s article in Entrepreneur.com titled Unearth your Inner Indy was a great read. No one embodies the qualities of an entrepreneur more than Indy does.
I find the lack of stereotype in Indy’s character refreshing (An archaelogy professor afraid of snakes yet a confident, globe-trotting adventurer). Indy’s can-do attitude (chasing army trucks in horses), astute thinking (deciphering the Staff of Ra), sense of humor (Shooting the Cairo swordsman) all suggest creative ways to deal with the unexpected, something that entrepreneurs have to do day-in and day-out.
Perhaps the best analogy between Indy and entrepreneurs is how Indy, in the face of adversity, always says “I’ll figure something out”. This has been a recurring theme, from my own experience at OfficeDrop. While we had a strong technology background, we started out as rookies (thats an oxymoron, right?) in the nitty-gritty of scanning, image manipulation etc,. But we “figured it out”. Our users rave about our document viewer and snippet interface, again something that we figured out. Every time we were faced with a difficult problem, we rose to the challenge and came out on top (with our fedora intact, of course).
While we have accomplished a lot and have put together a great product thus far, there is still a lot more figuring out to do (and for once, unlike Indy, we do have to plan that far ahead 
) Stay tuned for exciting product updates over the next few weeks.
