The first thing _Any_ potential investor will ask is: "What is it you plan to build?" - "How can we sell it?" - "What is our market?"
I agree with work talks, bull$hit walks and all, but you must have some kind of actual plan in place before you start trying to drum up investors. On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 1:01 PM, Attila Kinali <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, 11 Dec 2012 23:34:12 -0600 > Gregory Carter <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I am concerned at the moment with capital. I don't really care about the > > design religion as long as it is capitalized, and will meet open source > > software goals. So I thought it would be interesting considering the > > manufacturing ideas/organization. > > I'm more concerned with you throwing around weird ideas. > It really seems like you have no idea how chip design and production > work, how to build a successfull enterprise around an open source project, > or anything mildly related. > > Yes, money is a very big issue but not the biggest one. The big question > is whether you get enough skilled people doing work (instead of talk) in > a short amount of time. You'd be surprised how many open source projects > fail because of that (and even more companies). Unless you have a design > that works, is bullet proof and makes coffee in the cycles between, there > is no point in trying to get money to manufacture it. Even if you could > get money, there is nothing to produce. And just by swinging around some > ideas and talking big, you will not get anything done. > > Unlike you, there have been people, who have put a lot of time (many man > years) and money (i guestimate several 10k CHF in total) into getting OGP > as far as it is now. Even "just" getting OGD1 produced was a damn lot of > EFFORT and was only possible because many people worked together[1]. > > > I would like to ask you to stop pushing ideas around and start doing > something. Like writing some letters, meeting people and getting a big > investor. Or doing some verilog coding. There are also drivers that > need to be written... etc. Timothy will for sure be happy to give you > a list of things that need to be done. > > If you cannot do any of these please be quiet and do not distract the > people who are actually doing the work. > > Thanks > > Attila Kinali > > [1] BTW: Thanks to everyone who helped with OGP over all those years! > I have a lot of respect for you and i am very gratefull for what > you did! > > -- > There is no secret ingredient > -- Po, Kung Fu Panda > _______________________________________________ > Open-graphics mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics > List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com) >
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