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I'm sure it's true and I don't mean to diminish your comment but.. Isn't that kind of true for anything? Start small and build up. You're not going to be a c

I'm sure it's true and I don't mean to diminish your comment but.. Isn't that kind of true for anything? Start small and build up. You're not going to be a contender of, say, Apple in a year or even 10, but there are several companies in the pipeline already at more advanced stages

galfarragem 11y ago
In some complex and mature markets if you start too small you will never be able to compete with existent players. "Starting up in a garage" works mostly on new and undeveloped markets.
- Retric 11y ago
  Depends on what you can leverage. You can start a car comapny by modifying existing cars, go up market, build a business and use the same suppliers as the other car company's. Give it 40 years and you really can start a major car company from scratch. Granted this generally takes long enough that most people fail or get bought out.
  - WavingThe44 11y ago
    As an extreme example, before starting Tesla, Eberhard took an existing electric car [A], which was itself built on an existing kit car [B], and had a different battery technology installed [C]. And then used it as a proof of concept to start Tesla. [A] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_Propulsion_tzero https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_Propulsion_tzero [B] http://www.funcar.com/sportech/ http://www.funcar.com/sportech/ [C] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_Propulsion_tzero#Lithium-ion_battery_conversion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_Propulsion_tzero#Lithium-io...