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Monthly Archives: October 2015
Technical Risk vs Market Risk, Part II
Haters gonna hate. Engineers gonna build. Unsurprisingly, engineers are drawn to the challenges that interest them: reliability, scalability, and reduced technical risk. In a product space where Market Risk dominates (see Part I), these are the wrong priorities. A lot of … Continue reading
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Technical Risk vs Market Risk, Part I
If someone could build a teleportation device that worked, and that cost less than $2,000 to transport a person across the planet, they would be rich. If someone were to build a bluetooth-controlled LED display that could be affixed to the … Continue reading
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