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I am not sure why this is news. Anyone can say they started a company. It’s news when someone actually ships a product. Until then, it’s literally nothing but t
by briandear 7y ago
I am not sure why this is news. Anyone can say they started a company. It’s news when someone actually ships a product. Until then, it’s literally nothing but talk. Apple Computer delivered an actual product April 1, 1976 and didn’t even incorporate until 1977. They certainly didn’t spend a year talking about being a computer company before shipping a product. These “we are starting a computer company!!” posts are useless beyond just creating vapid hype. Wasn’t there a companion post on how they started this in a garage? Let’s get real, until you ship a product, you don’t have a company, you have a blog and forcing the “started in a garage ! [omg, omg!]” just seems like a contrived attempt at capturing old-school, Silicon Valley magic.
Facebook, Google, Apple, Amazon, Netflix etc. didn’t spend time talking about their new company — the companies just sort of happened as a result of having a product to sell.
Get back to us when there is actually something people can buy that solves a real problem.
- rchaud 7y agoThey may be looking for funding. Can't really think of why else they'd need to announce something that's currently vaporware.
- bryanlarsen 7y agoIt sounds like they have the funding. The vaporware hype is to attract employees, AFAICT.
- rchaud 7y agoAh, I didn't think of it as a hiring pitch. Yes, that makes sense.