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> Jobs: I think that the scale of the business has gotten large enough so that it’s going to be very difficult for anyone to successfully launch anything new.
by urs2102 12y ago
> Jobs: I think that the scale of the business has gotten large enough so that it’s going to be very difficult for anyone to successfully launch anything new.
Playboy: No more billion-dollar companies hatched in garages?
Jobs: No, I’m afraid not in computers. And this puts a responsibility on Apple, because if there’s going to be innovation in this industry, it’ll come from us. It’s the only way we can compete with them. If we go fast enough, they can’t keep up.
I'm not sure I agree, but what kind of hardware company do you guys think could ever reach a near Apple level? I feel that perhaps something in robotics, but was curious what you all thought...
- hobolord 12y agoperhaps something to do with energy
- morbius 12y agoCoreOS was hatched in a garage. But I don't see them getting Apple-level anytime soon.
- ivanca 12y agoTesla. But yeah, your definition of "Hardware" may vary.
- npinguy 12y agoTesla was launched with the investment and vision of a man who's already made billions in the industry, not some teenagers with an idea and a garage.
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- AndrewKemendo 12y agoJobs: No, I’m afraid not in computers. His definition was focused on computing. Even then, Tesla was decidedly not hatched in a garage.
- increment_i 12y agoI'm thinking innovative tech that relieves people's pain could be promising. I'm talking in a literal sense, not the marketing lingo "find the pain!" sense. For example, I stand a lot at work and my feet are throbbing right now from working over the weekend. I would pay good money for an elegantly designed device of some sort that would soothe this pain without me having to really do anything. No matter what walk of life you come from, every single day you will hear someone complain about some kind of pain they're feeling -- e.g. "Ahh, my x is killing me right now!"
- fsniper 12y agoMay be you should see http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/08/28/chairless_chair_swiss_startup_noonee_created_a_wearable_leg_exoskeleton.html http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/08/28/chairless...
- mkolodny 12y agoOculus VR / Facebook definitely has that potential.
- CmonDev 12y agoApple did not sell itself though. I hope one of the emerging competitors will turn out better than Oculus.
- lawnchair_larry 12y agoLooks like he couldn't have been more wrong on that one. Now we have messaging apps and minecraft selling for billions.
- Uhhrrr 12y agoWell, he said "not in computers". Dell already existed at that point; I can't immediately think of any other qualifying company.
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