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Re:Ask HN: What are the most important problems in your indu... by _pmf_ on Thursday April 20, 2017 @01:54PM (#14159083)
> The idea of a savior who comes in and solving the major problems of an industry they have never worked in is not a myth but close to one.

I think Bezos would be a much better example than Musk. Musk is in the process of nudging the car industry a bit (or so SV tends to want to make the rest of the world believe); Bezos basically obliterated small-scale retail as we knew it.

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Re:Ask HN: What are the most important problems in your indu... by throwaway2016a on Thursday April 20, 2017 @02:42PM (#14159548)
Thank you for the example. I do not know Bazos' background so I couldn't comment on if he had prior retail and logistics experience.
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