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Re:What Happened to Rent the Backyard (post-mortem) by pbreit on Saturday January 07, 2023 @01:31AM (#34285761)
I don't get why there was such an emphasis on building a factory/assembly line from the very beginning. An experienced general contractor can get 650sf dwellings built pretty easily, especially in the confines of a wharehouse.
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Re:What Happened to Rent the Backyard (post-mortem) by nikanj on Saturday January 07, 2023 @02:31AM (#34286040)
The assembly line gives the company the Tech Aura which gets them funded.
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Re:What Happened to Rent the Backyard (post-mortem) by m-ee on Saturday January 07, 2023 @03:01AM (#34286155)
It's not impossible and there are some advantages. I watched an entire apartment building in Oakland get assembled in like two weeks. The modular pieces were built at Factory OS in Vallejo and trucked in.
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Re:What Happened to Rent the Backyard (post-mortem) by sokoloff on Saturday January 07, 2023 @07:03AM (#34287295)
You’ve definitely got a point here, but I think you could announce that strategy and still spin some MVP/MLP/PMF jargon to explain why you’re slow-rolling the factory while building the first dozen units.
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Re:What Happened to Rent the Backyard (post-mortem) by pyb on Saturday January 07, 2023 @07:34AM (#34287478)
They had to believe 100% in the assembly-line strategy, in order to work on this in the first place, and to sell it to investors.
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