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1. Zigurd · 1790170504 · focus · HN ↗

   One could call it Elonism as an evolution of entrepreneurial capitalism. Had Elizabeth Holmes taken the time to build an influencer army instead of doing PR the traditional way, she might not be in prison.

   1. rchaud · 1790171965 · focus · HN ↗

      She's in prison because she defrauded enterprise customers. If she went B2C, she'd probably be head of the FTC by now.
   2. trimethylpurine · 1790175091 · focus · HN ↗

      Unlikely. The product didn't work. It was terminal no matter what PR was thrown at it.

      Elon has some functional products in markets where he has no competition, and they work.

      Starlink works and sells. FSD drives untrained routes. No competition in either market.

      1. Zigurd · 1790176754 · focus · HN ↗

         The Theranos machine also did stuff. Not as close to actual working as FSD. More like NeuroLink but without the dead lab animals. Or you could compare it to Enron. They actually did have a market in fiber capacity. It kind of did what it said did.

         1. trimethylpurine · 1790190206 · focus · HN ↗

            I didn't think it did stuff. Everything I've read about it indicates that they fabricated results randomly, or that results were generated by a third party. Nothing to indicate that any results were ever legitimate whatsoever.

            Maybe I misunderstood?

            NeuroLink isn't on the market. So I can't call that a comparison either.

            I mean, don't invest in crazy stuff, obviously, but... Probably Elonism isn't the end all unified theory of economics either.

   3. vlyan · 1790177692 · focus · HN ↗

      she was just a decade too early. in the current year the media would make a kulturkampf battle out of it and she'd walk.

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