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Answered raw tape
D 5 · C 5 · P 4 · Cm 4 4.60
Q from a report about Kickstarter. Someone did a study about how much economic benefits came physically out of like individual makers down to a community crowdfunding a beach that they then gave back to the city publicly, which I think is super, super interesting. So I think the question here is beyond crowdfunding. What is the broader theme that we're talking about? How is this sort of Changing our economy.
A It's a confluence of a few things. It might have a generic term like crowdfunding slapped on it, but when you look beneath the surface, kind of like social networking, it sounds like a catch-all term, but you really look beneath the surface on what's happening, the ability to, for social networking, you can connect with people around the world instantaneously. I think what is really interesting about crowdfunding or this notion of pre-commerce and pre-orders is you get to tap into demand before you put An ounce of work into production, or for that beach example, you get to discover the demand for something you feel like the community might want, but you don't really know. And 20 years ago, you just have to make up your mind, you know what, I'm going to put all my social capital into this, and I hope people want this.
AI assessment note: “this notion of pre-commerce and pre-orders is you get to tap into demand”
Answered raw tape
D 5 · C 5 · P 4 · Cm 4 4.60
Q I mean, why did they do that that time versus the model that they've been using previously? Is it just that they want to disintermediate the dealerships or was it just to get capital right away?
A No matter how much capital you have, you still always take a risk when you introduce a product. A recent commerce partner for us, they make apparel and they said, every time that we order a new, a new style or design, no matter how many we order, we're always wrong. If we order 2000 and the demand is 1400, if we order 2000, the demand is 5000, the number is wrong. And I think that that is the same, whether you're in a garage in Palo Alto or whether you are, or Tesla. And, and so the ability in 2016 to be able to tap directly into your consumer base, it's really fascinating. If you were to describe how you can sell today versus how you would sell 20 years ago or 40 years ago, say Okay. Yes. You could sell today directly to your customers, get the demand before you put an ounce of production to work and use that to Tesla since use that, I believe for debt financing of two billion dollars. So be able to use that to verify the demand and securing that outside capital to produce those, those cars. You could do that, or you could actually work through the example from 40 years ago, an elaborate network of distributors and dealers, auto dealers. And you won't get the information from your customers, and you just have to choose how many you're going to produce, and just hope that you're close to the right number. You just wait and see three, four years down the road, and you put your w…
AI assessment note: “use that to verify the demand and securing that outside capital to produce those”
Answered raw tape
D 4 · C 4 · P 4 · Cm 3 3.85
Q I mean, why did they do that that time versus the model that they've been using previously? Is it just that they want to disintermediate the dealerships or was it just to get capital right away?
A No matter how much capital you have, you still always take a risk when you introduce a product. A recent commerce partner for us, they make apparel and they said, every time that we order a new, a new style or design, no matter how many we order, we're always wrong. If we order 2000 and the demand is 1400, if we order 2000, the demand is 5000, the number is wrong. And I think that that is the same, whether you're in a garage in Palo Alto or whether you are, or Tesla. And, and so the ability in 2016 to be able to tap directly into your consumer base, it's really fascinating. If you were to describe how you can sell today versus how you would sell 20 years ago or 40 years ago, say Okay. Yes. You could sell today directly to your customers, get the demand before you put an ounce of production to work and use that to Tesla since use that, I believe for debt financing of two billion dollars. So be able to use that to verify the demand and securing that outside capital to produce those, those cars. You could do that, or you could actually work through the example from 40 years ago, an elaborate network of distributors and dealers, auto dealers. And you won't get the information from your customers, and you just have to choose how many you're going to produce, and just hope that you're close to the right number. You just wait and see three, four years down the road, and you put your w…
AI assessment note: “get the demand before you put an ounce of production to work and use that”
