This can be true, but a lot of nerds don't need a company to make a machine. A side project becomes a business solely owned by the nerd, for example. I'm assumi

This can be true, but a lot of nerds don't need a company to make a machine. A side project becomes a business solely owned by the nerd, for example. I'm assuming the nerds do have this freedom, however (I certainly do in the US).