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After the end of the startup era
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Re: After the end of the startup era
#102Weird that an article on the end of startups doesn't mention the likely next big area for startups: Genetics.
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#103>IoT devices [are] hard to prototype, generally low-margin, expensive to bring to market, and very expensive to scale. Just ask Fitbit. Or Jawbone. Or Juicero. Or HTC. I feel like this is the public's idea of "iot," while I've learned after a year of working for an iot stack provider that the real "internet of things" explosion is found in places nobody looks except the procurement guys - the stadium lights, the refr…
Yeah, it seems like you could replace 'IoT' with 'physical product.'
Sounds like the author has been living in the land of hand-waved 9-figure growth estimates for a bit too long.
Re: After the end of the startup era
#104Earlier quoted context omitted.
For one it would be a major factor in reducing income inequality. Large companies are designed to funnel profits to relatively few people. I also strongly believe we would see more innovation and generally a more resilient economy.
This is merely because of the structure that has been dominate for organizing large corporations. It is authoritarian heirarchy, which is essentially the kings of old. We need new ways of organizing our companies, new ways of empowering the employees, and better ways of distributing and holding the value of the company among more equal ownership proportions. This is a tough sell, but I think this period of history wi…
I agree with you about the authoritatianism in large corporations currently, but what makes you think the future will be more free?
The internet looked like it might help for a while, but it's currently being constricted by the ISPs and corporations like Facebook and Google, while more and more data is being tracked about each person at every moment. Authoritarianism broke down many times because you couldn't track what everyone doing and eventually someone managed to make a plan to fight against you. Information technology is just making it easier for authoritarians to maintain control
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#105I try to be patient with Techcrunch, but seriously, phrases like this make me see red: > The market capitalization of Bitcoin vastly exceeds that of any Bitcoin-based startup. The same is true for Ethereum. The market cap of the US dollar exceeds that of any financial institution. What's the fucking point?
Starting businesses is outmoded, the new fashionable high growth thing is starting currencies?
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#106>"Big businesses and executives, rather than startups and entrepreneurs, will own the next decade; today’s graduates are much more likely to work for Mark Zuckerberg than follow in his footsteps."
I disagree with this. I think the bloom is off the rose for these companies(FB, Google, Amazon et al)in terms of an image as a "cool place" to work. I they will increasingly be viewed for what they essentially are - just other big corporations. Big corporations that only have their own best interests at heart.
This nearly reads like a propaganda piece intended to discourage people from doing their own thing.
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#107Earlier quoted context omitted.
Starting businesses is outmoded, the new fashionable high growth thing is starting currencies?
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Re: After the end of the startup era
#108Earlier quoted context omitted.
Starting businesses is outmoded, the new fashionable high growth thing is starting currencies?
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Take my money!
Re: After the end of the startup era
#109I try to be patient with Techcrunch, but seriously, phrases like this make me see red: > The market capitalization of Bitcoin vastly exceeds that of any Bitcoin-based startup. The same is true for Ethereum. The market cap of the US dollar exceeds that of any financial institution. What's the fucking point?
TechCrunch will publish almost anything, so long as they think it will drive clicks. If you're a decent writer and want to write about a controversial topic for free, they'll likely have you.
Re: After the end of the startup era
#110I look at it from another end - I feel there is a sort of an app fatigue. Maybe it is jut me. I used to be excited about Uber-like things, note taking apps, DropBox, coupon sites, review sites. Installed some of them, used them, then kind of stopped. Someone at work would say "you should try this new thing, totally cool" and I'd be inclined to do it, but now would pass it probably. Extrapolating scientifically from t…
Mobile devices are very constrained. The OSes are locked down, the screens are small, high CPU apps are out, and input is slow and cumbersome.
After trying a lot of apps I have found that a smart phone has only a few functions:
1. Talking and texting.
2. Taking pictures and video.
3. Maps and directions.
4. Music, movies, ebooks.
5. Brief interactions with services like Uber, Lyft, AirBnB, Los Angeles metro, etc.
6. Casual web browsing. (I want a bigger screen and a keyboard for anything in depth.)
7. edit: Casual gaming.
Looking at how most other people use phones I don't think I am alone.
These devices are limited and I don't think it took us long to exhaust their potential. There just isn't much else a phone can do well (and that locked down vendor fiefdoms will allow).
The PC era on the other hand gave us a long, wide, and deep trench of innovation that is still not exhausted. PCs are more open, more extensible, and have a much wider IO path to the human in the chair. The breadth of what a PC can do is incredible.
(The main problem with PCs is antiquated, insecure, bloated operating systems. Fix that and I think you'd see even more innovation.)
Of course I have been a mobile skeptic since the iPhone. I just saw the next incarnation of the feature phone. Since it was still locked down by carriers and vendors and since its bandwidth to the user is poor I knew it would not deliver lasting innovation.