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Garrett Camp never ran a taxi company. Bill Gates never ran a computer business. Etc. All them did know the problem they were solving though. Previous knowledg

Garrett Camp never ran a taxi company. Bill Gates never ran a computer business. Etc. All them did know the problem they were solving though. Previous knowledge of running a parking lot is not causal with startup failure. I think a better way to be critical is the fact that they say they're "disrupting" parking lots, but can't describe the problem they're solving.

Buge 9y ago
>Bill Gates never ran a computer business. Yes he did. >At age 17, Gates formed a venture with Allen, called Traf-O-Data, to make traffic counters based on the Intel 8008 processor.[1] And the idea that someone needs to have run a computer business in the past in order to run a computer business in the future is illogical. It means that no one would ever be able to start running a computer business. The requirement should not be running a business in the past, but having some experience with that type of business in the past. Bill Gates had tons of computer experience. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gates https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gates
- please_choose 9y ago
  "It means that no one would ever be able to start running a computer business. The requirement should not be running a business in the past, but having some experience with that type of business in the past. Bill Gates had tons of computer experience." Thanks for helping me make my point. Also, I didn't say "Bill Gates" and "Microsoft". You're right, Traf-O-Data was a "modest success". It reinforces my point.
  - emodendroket 9y ago
    Right, who could forget the epoch-making work of Traf-O-Data.
    - please_choose 9y ago
      Since when is success dependent on the amount of people in the world that know about it?
taneq 9y ago
They know the "problem" they're solving, they just can't publicly advertise it, because their actual business model is to track drivers' movements and sell the data. Want to know where Bob Smith parked on 14 May 2018? That'll be $32, thankyou.

Buge 9y ago

>Bill Gates never ran a computer business. Yes he did. >At age 17, Gates formed a venture with Allen, called Traf-O-Data, to make traffic counters based on the Intel 8008 processor.[1] And the idea that someone needs to have run a computer business in the past in order to run a computer business in the future is illogical. It means that no one would ever be able to start running a computer business. The requirement should not be running a business in the past, but having some experience with that type of business in the past. Bill Gates had tons of computer experience. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gates https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gates

please_choose 9y ago
"It means that no one would ever be able to start running a computer business. The requirement should not be running a business in the past, but having some experience with that type of business in the past. Bill Gates had tons of computer experience." Thanks for helping me make my point. Also, I didn't say "Bill Gates" and "Microsoft". You're right, Traf-O-Data was a "modest success". It reinforces my point.
- emodendroket 9y ago
  Right, who could forget the epoch-making work of Traf-O-Data.
  - please_choose 9y ago
    Since when is success dependent on the amount of people in the world that know about it?

taneq 9y ago

They know the "problem" they're solving, they just can't publicly advertise it, because their actual business model is to track drivers' movements and sell the data. Want to know where Bob Smith parked on 14 May 2018? That'll be $32, thankyou.