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I can't imagine that the creator of Soylent really feels that way, at least from a business perspective. I doubt investors would put their money into a business
by blueatlas 9y ago
I can't imagine that the creator of Soylent really feels that way, at least from a business perspective. I doubt investors would put their money into a business that was fine with getting beat in the marketplace as long as it helps people.
- enraged_camel 9y ago>>I can't imagine that the creator of Soylent really feels that way, at least from a business perspective. Why not? Elon Musk did the same thing by basically saying Tesla's patents are "open-source" and free to use: https://www.tesla.com/blog/all-our-patent-are-belong-you https://www.tesla.com/blog/all-our-patent-are-belong-you
- dsacco 9y agoCynically, I think Musk did that because 1) it buys good will and 2) the patents aren't Tesla's moat.
- alexbeloi 9y agoWhile at the same time he pitched the idea to his investors as a business-smart move to grow the market faster and increase adoption.
- jonknee 9y agoSetting up a factory to manufacture vehicles at scale is a lot different than mixing together some supplement powders.