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I want to create a company that is like Apple of the 90's and resurrect the "bicycle for the mind". Is there any chance you would consider mentoring?
by zkirill 2y ago
I want to create a company that is like Apple of the 90's and resurrect the "bicycle for the mind". Is there any chance you would consider mentoring?
- Sophistifunk 2y agoThere's plenty of people who want to build that thing, and most of us have a good idea how it probably should be, at least at first. The problem isn't building it, it's funding it without selling out the user.
- fragmede 2y agoIf you have to make a grand reveal to the world and change all of it a la Steve Jobs with a single product, you're dead in the water. But we have the Internet and crowd funding and open source these days. Which part of the thing are you most interested in building? Go build that on top of whatever's closest, open source it (yes, even hardware), and iterate from there. It's a failure of the imagination (or perhaps the wisdom of age, or the lack of the foolishness of youth) if you're blocked by the fear of selling out the user.
- JKCalhoun 2y agoI'm too cynical to be a mentor, ha ha. I too aware of all the engineering-led companies that ultimately tanked. General Magic is the first one that comes to mind. But no reason for me to mentor — really it's just let the engineers drive. Sometimes it works (or sued to in another era), sometimes it does not. Either way, it will be a fin place to work. ;-)
- zkirill 2y agoDo not discount the cynic. I persist. Here is my question, for example. How would Apple and its ecosystem have evolved differently if they never adopted Objective-C? Would it be possible to accomplish everything with C and better tooling?