I generally agree with everything in the article, but there was a statement that caught me up, "I can’t believe that Lifx has managed to solve the enormous problems that many huge companies have spent hundreds of millions of dollars trying — and generally failing — to fix."
I don't believe that large companies with hundreds of millions of dollars are always the right people to find the solution. Isn't this something we tackle a lot of the time? Being the small fish in the big pond? I do think that we should be wary of the snakewater salesmen of the world, but don't discount someone just because they don't have a large, bureaucratic organization backing them.
That being said, it would be really nice for some sort of rating system to be put into place. Force these inventors to generate brand loyalty even if it is to them as a person.
I don't believe that large companies with hundreds of millions of dollars are always the right people to find the solution. Isn't this something we tackle a lot of the time? Being the small fish in the big pond? I do think that we should be wary of the snakewater salesmen of the world, but don't discount someone just because they don't have a large, bureaucratic organization backing them.
That being said, it would be really nice for some sort of rating system to be put into place. Force these inventors to generate brand loyalty even if it is to them as a person.