Re:Founding Stories Are Myths
by nothrabannosir on Monday March 05, 2018 @01:59PM
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I'll be honest with you: almost every single "SV success story" I can think of is boring. Advertisement, book shops, groceries, taxis, food delivery, none of this is particularly glamorous.
I don't know where people get this apocryphal wave of "nobody ever talks about boring things". Space X is pretty much the only non-boring "hip" company I can think of!
Even if the Boring Company is hip, I guess no one can get away with saying they're not boring.
Re:Founding Stories Are Myths
by madeofpalk on Monday March 05, 2018 @01:42PM
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But people are 'disrupting' the more 'boring' industries - all the mattress/pillow startups, Thinx period panties, etc.
How much disruption has really happened in most of those cases though? And I'm not sure people on here are a reliable sample.
Mind you some of these (e.g. Warby Parker) have had a lot of success. It's just not clear to what degree they've really disrupted the mainstream of their industries.
Re:Founding Stories Are Myths
by realworldview on Monday March 05, 2018 @03:11PM
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I plan on disrupting the garage-based startup business, from my garage.
Re:Founding Stories Are Myths
by realworldview on Tuesday March 06, 2018 @03:32AM
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Exactly like that, and especially with plenty Ramen.
We certainly don't hear much about efforts or successes in anyone's effort to "disrupt" the toilet paper industry, yet it's something most people use daily. It's not sexy, but we all care a lot when it sucks.