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<blockquote data-quote="Tim McCulloch" data-source="post: 43642" data-attributes="member: 67">Re: Getting the gig. Where did it all start?You or I will no more displace Clair Bros than Tesla Motors will displace Ford, but that&#039;s not the point unless you started out in business to be pleased only with taking down the #1 company in whatever industry.&nbsp; In that case you set yourself up for failure, as it&#039;s unlikely that *any* startup will displace the #1 in a short time span.Clair, specifically, got where they are by providing a service that customers were willing to pay for.&nbsp; When off-the-shelf products would not deliver the level of service Gene &amp; Roy wanted to provide they hired whatever skills and knowledge they didn&#039;t already posses and created what was needed.&nbsp; You may see that as buying ones way in, but when you&#039;re on the ground floor of an emerging industry you spend your own money, borrowed money, and investor money to develop that industry.&nbsp; Many firms that do so, fail spectacularly.I&#039;m sorry you got your feelings hurt, your penis stepped on, or whatever the hell happened to make you such a bitter and angry person... and I hope you find more contentment in whatever it is you&#039;re doing now.&nbsp; In the mean time, let me tell you what really sucks... what really sucks is burying an employee who died many years too early, just a year or 2 after we buried his 21 year old son, also an employee.&nbsp; In the grand scheme of things, your professional inconvenience and frustration means very, very little.Good luck, but don&#039;t let the door hit you on the ass on your way out.Tim Mc</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tim McCulloch, post: 43642, member: 67"] Re: Getting the gig. Where did it all start? You or I will no more displace Clair Bros than Tesla Motors will displace Ford, but that's not the point unless you started out in business to be pleased only with taking down the #1 company in whatever industry. In that case you set yourself up for failure, as it's unlikely that *any* startup will displace the #1 in a short time span. Clair, specifically, got where they are by providing a service that customers were willing to pay for. When off-the-shelf products would not deliver the level of service Gene & Roy wanted to provide they hired whatever skills and knowledge they didn't already posses and created what was needed. You may see that as buying ones way in, but when you're on the ground floor of an emerging industry you spend your own money, borrowed money, and investor money to develop that industry. Many firms that do so, fail spectacularly. I'm sorry you got your feelings hurt, your penis stepped on, or whatever the hell happened to make you such a bitter and angry person... and I hope you find more contentment in whatever it is you're doing now. In the mean time, let me tell you what really sucks... what really sucks is burying an employee who died many years too early, just a year or 2 after we buried his 21 year old son, also an employee. In the grand scheme of things, your professional inconvenience and frustration means very, very little. Good luck, but don't let the door hit you on the ass on your way out. Tim Mc [/QUOTE]

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