The tale of Startup Founders a la Elon Musk & Peter Thiel

Luckily I listened Hardcore History by Dan Carlin last night. The detail is that it was about Post World War I and about the Vladimir Lennon era and impact of Karl Marx’s philosophy on Germany and Russia too. But one thing caught my eye, “So there was this Standing on the shoulders of giants attitude, so Lennon was implementer if Karl Marx was visionary” (I’m paraphrasing for the sake of my memory).

Standing on the shoulder of Giants

Henry Ford stood on the shoulder of giants by taking ideas from 18th Century Sadi Carnot, ignored at his time or simply companies were blind to them, and he implemented them on scale while performing his own refinements. He stood on the Shoulder of giants and paved pathway for other people to stand on his shoulders. Then came the Toyota which inspired lean movement and also the Mitsubishi which launched its Lancer EVO series. But other players started jumping in like Suzuki, Kawasaki, Honda, Mercedes-Benz and the BMW. So what would happen is that these companies would produce F1 cars for professional racing and others like Lancer EVO for sports-like use and then the tier 3 cars which were pretty casual like Toyota Corolla classic Petrol engine(the lowest tier with maybe 67–70 HP) although they did produce 83–110HP editions like the Turbocharged Corolla. But suddenly out of nowhere Lamborghini jumped and created a new class of luxury hyper sports cars called “Supercars” like the Lamborghini Gallardo and the Lamborghini Murciélago started coming. Its just a pattern. The next Mark Zuckerberg won’t be building Facebook.

The Point

He who created these companies was born and raised in a Capitalist system. Alright, Mark Zuckerberg thought he may experiment to create a platform for college students who can socialize and it took a hit and soon after validating his idea, decided to give world a glimpse into the world of Facebook. Capitalist Humans are determined to make things happen because capitalism gives opportunities to make things happen by the use of its immense network-like power. This is the meritocracy in the Silicon Valley. These companies can detect the talent and give them tools. Like the Y Combinator and/or Sequoia Capital. We can debate as to whether socialism catalyzed cataclysmic destruction and the nuclear wars. As yet, The future owes its existence to entrepreneurs and visionaries like Elon Musk(But I’m not decorating Elon specifically, building a business firm like PayPal is no small deal. See a college dropout and artistic kid who can build aspiring brands like Apple and Pixar and you know who I’m talking about). The truth is clear. I’d rather be part of a growing industry. I choose Tech.