[neonlights84]

Given all of the regulatory obstacles and logistical headaches surrounding manufactured products these days, I personally feel that mechanical/electrical entrepreneurship is a path to ruin.

Since you're in software already, would it not make more sense to create a strictly-digital product? Keep your day job, work at your own pace on software products (ideally with a partner), and see whether the market actually wants what you're selling.

[cbracketdash]

Enter Elon Musk with Tesla, SpaceX, Starlink, & Neuralink... he seems to have it figured out

[stephen_g]

Doesn't only one of those companies actually make any profit so far? And even then, its stock price still regarded as likely over-valued given the P/E ratios of any of its peers?

[tarikjn]

And the only thing that seems to be ruining him is the pure software play (Twitter)

[neonlights84]

When you change a mostly-working product, failure is probable. Especially when you attempt to monetize and politicize in a space that is diametrically against those goals.

[throwawayffffas]

Well he only went into these after making his fortune on paypal.

[neonlights84]

For every success story, there are 9+ failures.