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Nothing new, just trying to capture industries/value. None of what you said sounds cynical imo, just un-businesslike I suppose. Who cares about shifting parad
by warent 3y ago
Nothing new, just trying to capture industries/value.
None of what you said sounds cynical imo, just un-businesslike I suppose.
Who cares about shifting paradigms / something brand new? Not every business has to change the world. Most shouldn't.
The whole point of a business is to capture value full stop. Not to play around with lofty surreal visions of grandeur.
- JohnFen 3y ago> The whole point of a business is to capture value full stop. That is certainly one school of thought. But businesses that are about something more than just "capturing value "are more likely to actually become valuable. Creating value is almost always better than just capturing value.
- warent 3y agoAh it was a miscommunication then, my bad! I interpreted "capturing value" as meaning "capturing potential value" i.e. some untapped resource, or in other words generating value. So it sounds like we're talking about the same thing then just in different ways.
- JohnFen 3y agoAhh, ok. Yes, when I've heard businesspeople say "capturing value", they've meant it in a manner analogous to extracting a natural resource. The value is already there, and they want to capitalize on it. That's not necessarily a bad thing. But I think it's better to create value where none existed before.