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Re:Paul Buchheit on Lessons Learned from Investing in 200 St... by neurotech1 on Thursday June 01, 2017 @01:02PM (#14462114)
IMHO The real meaning of the question "Does the market support a $10Bn company?"

If an idea is very niche like "Maserati custom accessories sold online" then that isn't likely to grow to $10Bn+ company or have any major impact.

Re:Paul Buchheit on Lessons Learned from Investing in 200 St... by sharemywin on Thursday June 01, 2017 @01:58PM (#14462710)
But let's say hypothetically to took that company and say it does a million year and throws off 300k could you hire a small team to say do more parts. Then maybe a whole custom bike. then a mass produced bike. then autonomous bike. which to me seems like a better path than Elon Musk's payments to high cars, to roofs, to space etc.
Re:Paul Buchheit on Lessons Learned from Investing in 200 St... by gregpilling on Thursday June 01, 2017 @04:40PM (#14464429)
well that is basically my business model, :) . I don't feel like chasing money around, so I fund my own silly ideas. Sooner or later one idea/product will pay off (or not). I am trying to enjoy myself in the process. In the meantime we are adding equipment to the factory, and adding customers to our distribution network