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Can anybody confirm any of his claims? I would think that somebody who came up with that many new products could get something to market. On the other hand, h

Can anybody confirm any of his claims? I would think that somebody who came up with that many new products could get something to market. On the other hand, he could be one of those stereotypical tech geniuses who completely suck at business.

whacked_new 18y ago
http://www.dnull.com/~sokol/jres.html http://www.dnull.com/~sokol/jres.html He seems to be in the mad scientist category. Apparently he didn't go to college. It could be that he was so far beyond normal schooling that he decided it wasn't worth the time. But as do many exceptional people, it becomes hard to communicate and appeal to normal folk.
- snprbob86 18y ago
  Judging from his home page, he doesn't have any taste. I know that I am preaching to the choir, but success in business is about making something people want. I think that if he found himself a designer to partner with, he would have been far more successful. Disclaimer: Yes, I know my own homepage is hideous, so I am a hypocrite. At least my blog has a standard Blogger theme and my resume is attractive (currently Facebook-style because I was considering applying last year).
  - cturner 18y ago
    > Judging from his home page, he doesn't have any taste. Go and have a look at the website for blue sky mining companies some times. Lack of neato art hardly implies bad fundamentals (in fact many of the mining pages are so bad I half suspect it's a badge of honour).
jhancock 18y ago
its hard to know the right answers here. life-ling entrepreneurs have lots of stories to tell. I do feel that "access to capital" is the thing that makes or breaks most. I think this is a good part of the OP's opinion.
- davi 18y ago
  That's right. For me the new idea in this post is that after you realize that "ideas are cheap", you can continue on to see that "execution is cheap". What's not cheap is money, which you use to polish, scale up, and market whatever you're building. With modern web startups, money probably matters less, and execution, more, than in domains where you manufacture and distribute physical objects.

whacked_new 18y ago

http://www.dnull.com/~sokol/jres.html http://www.dnull.com/~sokol/jres.html He seems to be in the mad scientist category. Apparently he didn't go to college. It could be that he was so far beyond normal schooling that he decided it wasn't worth the time. But as do many exceptional people, it becomes hard to communicate and appeal to normal folk.

snprbob86 18y ago
Judging from his home page, he doesn't have any taste. I know that I am preaching to the choir, but success in business is about making something people want. I think that if he found himself a designer to partner with, he would have been far more successful. Disclaimer: Yes, I know my own homepage is hideous, so I am a hypocrite. At least my blog has a standard Blogger theme and my resume is attractive (currently Facebook-style because I was considering applying last year).
- cturner 18y ago
  > Judging from his home page, he doesn't have any taste. Go and have a look at the website for blue sky mining companies some times. Lack of neato art hardly implies bad fundamentals (in fact many of the mining pages are so bad I half suspect it's a badge of honour).

jhancock 18y ago

its hard to know the right answers here. life-ling entrepreneurs have lots of stories to tell. I do feel that "access to capital" is the thing that makes or breaks most. I think this is a good part of the OP's opinion.

davi 18y ago
That's right. For me the new idea in this post is that after you realize that "ideas are cheap", you can continue on to see that "execution is cheap". What's not cheap is money, which you use to polish, scale up, and market whatever you're building. With modern web startups, money probably matters less, and execution, more, than in domains where you manufacture and distribute physical objects.