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I think he's forgetting how Elon Musk got started. http://www.crunchbase.com/company/zip2 http://www.crunchbase.com/company/zip2

• jerf 14y ago
  I've gotten to the point that any article that decries people making startups because they don't copy Elon Musk is an instant bozo-bit flip for me. It is not possible for some guy on the street to start a rocketry startup. Only an idiot would hand some guy on the street the requisite billions. There's some bite in the "photo sharing" accusations, but that doesn't generalize to all low-capital network-based startups, and trying to imply otherwise is definitely weak thinking. You have to start somewhere if you want to accrue capital to take on those sorts of challenges.
  • dsirijus 14y ago
    But you need not start at photo sharing. There's plenty of problems troubling humanity that need not rocket scientists to solve.
    • jerf 14y ago
      Sorry, that was my point, but upon re-reading I agree I was not clear. There are many little computer/network/internet startup niches where one can build good businesses still out there.