Some outstanding researchers recognize the problem and go independent, hoping that it’s easier to do serious thinking outside an institutional context than within one.
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@vgr explains some of the reasons that mostly doesn’t work:https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1195789557465153536 …
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Yeah, one of my hard-earned lessons from working at too many startups is that any startup whose plan involves non-trivial research is: 1. Lying. Possibly to themselves, certainly to you. 2. Doomed. Startups are for trying things we know how to do but haven't done well yet.
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There might be some ways to do a research startup that work, but product-focused startups aren't them. I've occasionally thought about researcher-for-hire models but I've not looked into it in detail.
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FWIW I think this is true in general for VCs but some, like Thiel, take a much much longer term view and are looking for 0 to 1, so I don't think this is true of him. I'd be surprised if there aren't more billionaires like him.
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Well, he’s funded a bunch of peculiar things, and I think that’s great! There seem to be few if any others doing this.
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