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Their words, before
My suggested approach would be more capital intensive while retaining a lot of risk until fairly late in development. I am not sure it’s fundable.
Their words now
Cargo airship margins, therefore, can be much higher than I had realized.
Eli Dourado
Economist writing on why technological progress slowed and what would restart it — energy, supersonic flight, housing and the regulations around them.
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What they believe
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Investors avoid hard tech for its capital intensity while the largest returns available are in exactly those physical markets.
Many software investors eschew hard tech startups because of their capital intensity, but it’s hard to deny that huge returns are possible in hard tech: just consider SpaceX.
elidourado.comSaid 14 Oct 2024This on korrents
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Changed their mind A large cargo airship is probably not fundable as a startup, because it stays capital-intensive and risky until late in development.
Before My suggested approach would be more capital intensive while retaining a lot of risk until fairly late in development. I am not sure it’s fundable.
Now Cargo airship margins, therefore, can be much higher than I had realized.
Said 14 Oct 2024This on korrents
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Their words
Many software investors eschew hard tech startups because of their capital intensity, but it’s hard to deny that huge returns are possible in hard tech: just consider SpaceX.
30 January 2023
From one piece Cargo airships could be big 4 beliefs · elidourado.com
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Building a manufactured object at a high enough rate pushes its cost down toward the cost of its inputs.Their words
A high rate of production tends to drive costs down toward the cost of inputs.
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Designing your aircraft for the beachhead market is a huge distraction, particularly when there are certification costs that have to be paid for each new model.
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FAA certification is required before you transport anything for money.
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Their words
A small rigid-body airship for good physical reasons should not exist.
14 January 2012
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Finite and Infinite GamesTheir words
I recommend the book to people who are highly Open (and to a lesser extent non-Conscientious) on the Big Five personality model.
10 June 2011
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Recommendsrcmnd.app
Snow CrashTheir words
If you haven’t yet read Snow Crash , beware, and remedy that problem soon.
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Beliefs
Korrents What they believe 5 beliefs, 1 changed mind — each backed by an exact quote.
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Investors avoid hard tech for its capital intensity while the largest returns available are in exactly those physical markets.
Many software investors eschew hard tech startups because of their capital intensity, but it’s hard to deny that huge returns are possible in hard tech: just consider SpaceX.
Cargo airships are happening Said 14 Oct 2024
Some physical technologies cannot be developed by iterating on a small prototype, because at small scale the thing you want does not make physical sense.
A small rigid-body airship for good physical reasons should not exist.
Cargo airships could be big Said 30 Jan 2023
Certification, not engineering, is what gates revenue for a new aircraft company.
FAA certification is required before you transport anything for money.
Cargo airships could be big Said 30 Jan 2023
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Designing a physical product for a small beachhead market is a distraction when every new model has to be certified separately.
Designing your aircraft for the beachhead market is a huge distraction, particularly when there are certification costs that have to be paid for each new model.
Cargo airships could be big Said 30 Jan 2023
Building a manufactured object at a high enough rate pushes its cost down toward the cost of its inputs.
A high rate of production tends to drive costs down toward the cost of inputs.
Cargo airships could be big Said 30 Jan 2023
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Recommends Finite and Infinite Games
I recommend the book to people who are highly Open (and to a lesser extent non-Conscientious) on the Big Five personality model.
elidourado.com 14 Jan 2012
Recommends Snow Crash
If you haven’t yet read Snow Crash , beware, and remedy that problem soon.
elidourado.com 10 Jun 2011
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