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Same thing I was thinking. There would be no google if the founders had just given up when first trying to sell their search engine and were unsuccessful.
by felipemnoa 15y ago
Same thing I was thinking. There would be no google if the founders had just given up when first trying to sell their search engine and were unsuccessful.
- georgemcbay 15y agoYou guys are wearing some seriously focused blinders here. Writing software (like a search engine) doesn't require millions of dollars worth of machine tooling just to get started. Manufacturing running shoes does. The vast majority of businesses are nothing like modern software (which has virtually no startup costs beyond your own time).
- felipemnoa 15y agoGoogle, Facebook, Amazon, Groupon, and countless others have taken hundreds of millions of dollars in investment.
- draggnar 15y agoPatagonia started with Yvon Chouinard building mountain climbing equipment in cooperation with a machinist and basically out of a shed. There are hardcore runners who would pay top dollar for this cutting edge technology. These early adopters are the INVESTORS in this product, in this brand.
- teamonkey 15y ago> Patagonia started with Yvon Chouinard building mountain climbing equipment in cooperation with a machinist and basically out of a shed. ...in the '70s. Clothing manufacturing economics are not the same now as they were then.