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They will sell more cars than they can manufacture (and maybe more electric cars than anyone else can manufacture also, due to the current limited battery avail

by PakG1 13y ago

They will sell more cars than they can manufacture (and maybe more electric cars than anyone else can manufacture also, due to the current limited battery availability). They will continue to execute well on battery acquisition and development. This battery supply thing reminds me of this story: http://qr.ae/N0Uxr http://qr.ae/N0Uxr

SwellJoe 13y ago
That takes balls. And, possibly a bit of stupidity.
- rdl 13y ago
  Not really much stupidity. Corporate limited liability. He placed a bunch of orders and bet his company on the outcome of his product, but he would have been just as out of business if no one bought his soap.
salemh 13y ago
Non-shortened (HN doesn't like those, people want to know what they are clicking): http://www.quora.com/Business/Whats-the-shrewdest-smartest-maneuver-youve-ever-seen-in-business/answer/Vivekanandan-Jai?srid=3Ifu&share=1 http://www.quora.com/Business/Whats-the-shrewdest-smartest-m... Business: What's the shrewdest, smartest maneuver you've ever seen in business? Cool little blurb hand-soap: There was only one problem: Nothing he was selling could be patented. The concept of liquid soap wasn't new, and simple pumps had been around since the dawn of civilization. As a result, Taylor knew several huge soap manufacturers were ready to happily steal his idea the very moment it looked like it could succeed on a large scale. Armed with superior resources and the ability to quickly R&D an imitation product, the industry giants were ready to crush tiny Minnetonka. Taylor, however, was ready for this. Before any other company had the chance, Taylor decided to go shopping one day and bought a few plastic pumps. And by a few we mean FUCKING ALL OF THEM. There were only two companies nationwide manufacturing those little pumps, and Taylor ponied up $12 million -- more than the total net worth of his company at the time -- and ordered 100 million of them, effectively buying every single pump these two companies would be able to manufacture for the next year or two.

by PakG1 13y ago

SwellJoe 13y ago

That takes balls. And, possibly a bit of stupidity.

rdl 13y ago
Not really much stupidity. Corporate limited liability. He placed a bunch of orders and bet his company on the outcome of his product, but he would have been just as out of business if no one bought his soap.

salemh 13y ago

Non-shortened (HN doesn't like those, people want to know what they are clicking): http://www.quora.com/Business/Whats-the-shrewdest-smartest-maneuver-youve-ever-seen-in-business/answer/Vivekanandan-Jai?srid=3Ifu&share=1 http://www.quora.com/Business/Whats-the-shrewdest-smartest-m... Business: What's the shrewdest, smartest maneuver you've ever seen in business? Cool little blurb hand-soap: There was only one problem: Nothing he was selling could be patented. The concept of liquid soap wasn't new, and simple pumps had been around since the dawn of civilization. As a result, Taylor knew several huge soap manufacturers were ready to happily steal his idea the very moment it looked like it could succeed on a large scale. Armed with superior resources and the ability to quickly R&D an imitation product, the industry giants were ready to crush tiny Minnetonka. Taylor, however, was ready for this. Before any other company had the chance, Taylor decided to go shopping one day and bought a few plastic pumps. And by a few we mean FUCKING ALL OF THEM. There were only two companies nationwide manufacturing those little pumps, and Taylor ponied up $12 million -- more than the total net worth of his company at the time -- and ordered 100 million of them, effectively buying every single pump these two companies would be able to manufacture for the next year or two.