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Re:Patagonia founder gives away the company by bombcar on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @06:00PM (#32844016)
No amount of general financial security would get me what I need to start a company that can land rockets.

Even if I can get the group of people I need for free (because all their expenses are paid) I still need land, materials, etc.

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Re:Patagonia founder gives away the company by banannaise on Thursday September 15, 2022 @10:34AM (#32852685)
No, we still need land, materials, etc.

Accomplishing things becomes a problem of cooperation instead of acquisition. Instead of "Can I buy the things and pay people to do work" we have "Can we agree to allocate resources and work together".

You're assuming that one lone visionary is essential to success, and that a level of coercion is necessary so he can make people do the work. We're software people here. We should know to reject "visionaries". They're just idea guys, the same guys we laugh at when they say "Here's my app idea, you build it and we can split the profits 50/50".

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