SpaceX alums are branching out and shaping the startup economy

Post by dilyevsky » Sat, Apr 01, 2023, 10:56 PM UTC

elbigbad wrote: post #4

echelon wrote: post #3

I wish it was more like this at existing companies. Why everyone isn't leaving Adobe, Meta, and Google to found their own AI / generative media startups astounds me. If you work in our incredibly lucrative field, you may be able to afford a few quarters of leaning into risk. Startups are like a brush fire. Old incumbents have so much legacy code and cruft that nimble upstarts killing them is healthy . The "SpaceX dia…

My company immediately sues anyone who leave to join a competitor, and even more viciously attacks I would assume if someone were to actually start a competing business.

Post by letier » Sat, Apr 01, 2023, 10:59 PM UTC

tru3_power wrote: post #11

elbigbad wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My company immediately sues anyone who leave to join a competitor, and even more viciously attacks I would assume if someone were to actually start a competing business.

On what grounds do they sue them?

Post by 8note » Sat, Apr 01, 2023, 11:03 PM UTC

mr90210 wrote: post #7

echelon wrote: post #3

I wish it was more like this at existing companies. Why everyone isn't leaving Adobe, Meta, and Google to found their own AI / generative media startups astounds me. If you work in our incredibly lucrative field, you may be able to afford a few quarters of leaning into risk. Startups are like a brush fire. Old incumbents have so much legacy code and cruft that nimble upstarts killing them is healthy . The "SpaceX dia…

Some of those folks are locked in golden handcuffs, some are expats on green cards, and some simply enjoy a less complex life of that comes with being a well-paid employee working for a well-known company.

Post by onethought » Sat, Apr 01, 2023, 11:06 PM UTC

jsemrau wrote: post #9

spaceguillotine wrote: post #2

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From the opening paragraph "Earlier this week, Elon Musk — Grimes’s ex-boyfriend, the pancake-haired chief executive of Tesla and SpaceX and also the man who joked about starting a “TITS” University on Twitter — was named Time’s Person of the Year for 2021." I think it's safe to assume a certain bias.

Post by arcticbull » Sat, Apr 01, 2023, 11:08 PM UTC

ramraj07 wrote: post #15

cyanydeez wrote: post #10

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SpaceX is private and Elon isn’t exactly known for paying a ton so no?