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> They could be outspent and out marketed by established companies and end up working for them.

Or established companies can simply steal their ideas and try to bury them in legal bullshit—like Ford, etc tried to do :

* https://thehustle.co/windshield-wiper-inventor-robert-kearns...

* https://www.autonews.com/article/20081002/ZZZ_SPECIAL/810029...

* https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/how-robert-kea...

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Kearns

parent throw0101a 4 years ago

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