Re:What caused all the supply chain bottlenecks?
by bsder on Thursday October 28, 2021 @06:36PM
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If only we could overcome the negatives of the bureaucracy of a large company with a mere double-spend on equipment. It would be cheap at 10x that price.
The whole point of the startup culture is that they can do things better than a large company.
And, quite often, they can. But not always.
A semiconductor plant, for example, is not a startup thing because the capital cost is so gigantic.
However, most fields are not that bad. Even bio equipment just isn't that expensive relative to the cost of the people to use that equipment.
The bigger problem, right now, is that investors don't want to fund anything which requires more than 18 months before flameout/unicorn. That blocks startups that have a 5+ year horizon.
The whole point of the startup culture is that they can do things better than a large company.
And, quite often, they can. But not always.
A semiconductor plant, for example, is not a startup thing because the capital cost is so gigantic.
However, most fields are not that bad. Even bio equipment just isn't that expensive relative to the cost of the people to use that equipment.
The bigger problem, right now, is that investors don't want to fund anything which requires more than 18 months before flameout/unicorn. That blocks startups that have a 5+ year horizon.