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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 1 May 2016

    Tesla has 3 separate advantages over incumbents: electric drive, that they can write software, and that they have no dealers.

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      2. Benedict Evans‏Verified account @benedictevans 1 May 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg org structure

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      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 1 May 2016
        Replying to @benedictevans

        @BenedictEvans Is that different from existing car cos' too?

        2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      4. Benedict Evans‏Verified account @benedictevans 1 May 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg ‘you can see our org chart in the dashboard’. Radical shift in complexity

        1 reply 1 retweet 20 likes
      5. Michael Babich‏ @MichaelBabich 1 May 2016
        Replying to @benedictevans

        @BenedictEvans @paulg Transforming car business into an IoT gadget like phone business—the shift in biz model and, hence, in org structure.

        0 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
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      2. KevinKrease‏ @kevinkrease 2 May 2016
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        @paulg dealers could feasibly turn into surprising advantage for some oems if transformed properly

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      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 2 May 2016
        Replying to @kevinkrease

        @kevinkrease That seems about as likely as unions turning into an advantage.

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      4. KevinKrease‏ @kevinkrease 2 May 2016
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        @paulg touché. The possibility is there tho with real estate as pre-built turnkey mobility access points.

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      2. Mehrdad Afshari‏ @MehrdadA 1 May 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg don't discount a visionary and committed leader

        2 replies 1 retweet 5 likes
      3. Mehrdad Afshari‏ @MehrdadA 1 May 2016
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        @paulg which you can't hire i.e. "Empirically the way you get a product visionary as CEO is for him to found the company and not get fired."

        0 replies 1 retweet 10 likes
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      1. Rustin Rassoli‏ @rustinrassoli 1 May 2016
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        @paulg 4 actually: Elon Musk

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      1. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 1 May 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg I might add "Not tied to 70s era collective bargaining agreements." An ops, cost, and investing wedge for them.

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      1. Danny Espinoza‏ @abcdannye 1 May 2016
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        @paulg don't forget being led by a cult of personality

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      2. Steven Lachance‏ @lachances 1 May 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg first two are trivial to replicate by incumbents

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      3. Automated House of Horrors Botnet‏ @jwatte 1 May 2016
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        @lachances @paulg A non-software company cannot "trivially" replicate software development. It fails almost every time.

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      4. David Nohejl‏ @DavidNohejl 2 May 2016
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        @jwatte @lachances @paulg its as easy as hire competent devs and LET THEM DO THEIR JOB which is for some reason difficult task for corps

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Automated House of Horrors Botnet‏ @jwatte 2 May 2016
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        @DavidNohejl @lachances @paulg Also, how do you identify competent devs if you don't already have competent devs? This happens a lot.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      6. David Nohejl‏ @DavidNohejl 3 May 2016
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        @jwatte @lachances @paulg Good point, I guess you have to pay extra for that to poach them from successfully software houses

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      2. Eoin McMillan‏ @mceoin 1 May 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg 5: they manufacture everything in house

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      3. Eoin McMillan‏ @mceoin 1 May 2016
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        @paulg Whoops, that's SpaceX. Not sure how much Tesla does the same (presumably quite a lot)

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      1. aaron nathan‏ @AaronMNathan 1 May 2016
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        @paulg @semil their biggest advantage is their willingness to take risks.

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