Be rich enough that others support you just to give a good impression and look good for others so they don't get left out?
If everyone thinks everyone wants to suck up to the guy with money, low and behold, anything they do gets a lot of support, as everyone tries to get rich off everyone else.
Madman Musk [1,2]'s "algorithm" works well for beating up on incompetent and/or lazy incumbents, for dominating markets that nobody else cares to compete in, and for cutting costs on products where performance doesn't matter. Semiconductor manufacturing is none of those.
Be rich enough that others support you just to give a good impression and look good for others so they don't get left out?
If everyone thinks everyone wants to suck up to the guy with money, low and behold, anything they do gets a lot of support, as everyone tries to get rich off everyone else.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_of_personality#Business
https://archive.is/jekLl
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/the-playbook-that-elon-musk-reli...
Madman Musk [1,2]'s "algorithm" works well for beating up on incompetent and/or lazy incumbents, for dominating markets that nobody else cares to compete in, and for cutting costs on products where performance doesn't matter. Semiconductor manufacturing is none of those.
1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madman_Muntz , who pioneered the "Remove parts until it stops working, then put the last one back in" methodology
2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muntzing