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Re:Crazy New Ideas by srckinase123 on Thursday May 06, 2021 @09:26AM (#27062862)
The idea of using reasonable domain experts as a filter to implausible-sounding ideas seems obvious for hard-technology and scientific problems. But what about entrepreneurial ideas that provide a social service, such as Uber or Airbnb? Were the founders "domain experts"?
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Re:Crazy New Ideas by bombcar on Thursday May 06, 2021 @09:59AM (#27063289)
What's interesting is both of those examples are relatively removed from the "original proposition" - Uber was "ridesharing" and now is "taxi on demand" and AirBnB was "couch surfing" and now is "unlicensed hotel".
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Re:Crazy New Ideas by jimhi on Thursday May 06, 2021 @10:06AM (#27063390)
He has a different essay explaining the Stripe founders were not experts at all when they started. I think there's multiple paths to success and change
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