Re:The Hardware Renaissance
by tptacek on Tuesday October 23, 2012 @01:26PM
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"Mobile social" is a new idiom, right?
Maybe it's particularly good to be a hardware company when the solution to the problem you're tackling requires new hardware. For instance, if 50 years from now we're all going to be getting around on motorized skateboards. But if you watch Kickstarter, there are hardware proposals that are "hardware for its own sake"; those offerings might be structurally disadvantaged compared to iOS or Android software, and you might not want to start that kind of company as your first startup.
Maybe it's particularly good to be a hardware company when the solution to the problem you're tackling requires new hardware. For instance, if 50 years from now we're all going to be getting around on motorized skateboards. But if you watch Kickstarter, there are hardware proposals that are "hardware for its own sake"; those offerings might be structurally disadvantaged compared to iOS or Android software, and you might not want to start that kind of company as your first startup.