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Given all of the regulatory obstacles and logistical headaches surrounding manufactured products these days, I personally feel that mechanical/electrical entrep
by neonlights84 3y ago
Given all of the regulatory obstacles and logistical headaches surrounding manufactured products these days, I personally feel that mechanical/electrical entrepreneurship is a path to ruin.
Since you're in software already, would it not make more sense to create a strictly-digital product? Keep your day job, work at your own pace on software products (ideally with a partner), and see whether the market actually wants what you're selling.
- cbracketdash 3y agoEnter Elon Musk with Tesla, SpaceX, Starlink, & Neuralink... he seems to have it figured out
- tarikjn 3y agoAnd the only thing that seems to be ruining him is the pure software play (Twitter)
- neonlights84 3y agoWhen you change a mostly-working product, failure is probable. Especially when you attempt to monetize and politicize in a space that is diametrically against those goals.
- stephen_g 3y agoDoesn't only one of those companies actually make any profit so far? And even then, its stock price still regarded as likely over-valued given the P/E ratios of any of its peers?
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- neonlights84 3y agoFor every success story, there are 9+ failures.
- throwawayffffas 3y agoWell he only went into these after making his fortune on paypal.