Lorand Kedves
That sounds great, but here is my billion dollar question:
How do you enter "the valley" with a really fundamental idea (and working prototypes by the way) that would take too much time to understand? When everyone turns away after the second talk saying “Never invest in a business you cannot understand”?
Careful, this is where I failed with you as well... ;-)
Peter Kovacs
You cannot enter any market, even your local one with an idea that is not easy to understand. That's why good timing is a crutial part of success.
Lorand Kedves
Peter Kovacs I don't talk about "entering the market with a disruptive strawberry flavored chewing gum", but core technology.
I went back to the university as student at 42 to check if I am lunatic. Instead, I have learned how my research is connected to Neumann, Turing or Shannon. I had to ask my friend to be the supervisor of my thesis because for him it was OK that he, the teacher does not understand.
I can tell you WHY the Neumann architecture was ground breaking, WHY the most brilliant programmer, Charles Simonyi works on Intentional Programming behind closed doors. I can show you why the elephants work on PaaS and what they do wrong. But of course it takes time and effort to understand, which is not popular today…
Of course, our last startup failed - the gods of IT are used to talk, not to listen. I am unemployed. At least I have a few months to focus on my studies, thanks HR guys :-)
So yes, I really respect George's message, and I think you can't blame me for being shy, or unaware of the cultural barriers. I only ask for your advice: What do you think the "good timing" is for a new Neumann architecture - if you don't want to see it in the patent portfolio of a giant? :-D
Peter Kovacs
Lorand Kedves there are chances you are the type of guy whose invention will be only discovered and appreciated after the death. Or not :)
Lorand Kedves
Peter Kovacs I asked a practical question, you gave me your ultimately depressing opinion (which is my direct, personal experience of 20 f*cking years of guts out work that you can't even imagine, that's a cultural barrier, bro, but I am not Eminem, so stop it now...), then "fixed it" with a wink. Should I inform you that this is in direct opposition to George A. Tilesch 's message, or can find it out alone? :-)
But let me answer in your style.
I am 43, so (if you dare to look around for a second with open eyes) I will likely last longer than the illusion you have about the world. See here for a very sort introduction, which took me weeks to create but you will close it within a minute if you click it at all, because "focus is important" - take my word: _direction_ is the first... https://goo.gl/om22gB
But if you are right, guess what "they" will think of you, personally? So, you queue up to a relatively big and illustrious group of people who pray not only for my early death but also to be completely wrong, while I, quite naturally, work for the opposite. Why are you my enemy?
For the closing wink, quoting John Cleese: "Was it funny?" An "afterwink": was it meant to be? :-)
Thanks for your time.
