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This Week in Startups · 2025-02-20 · 67 min · 12,413 words

EV Truck Startup Nikola Runs Out of Juice | E2087

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I knew Melton was a fraud. You know, I got a pretty good eye for this. Uh, there are people who are delusional. And um Uh I I would say not thoughtful.

And then there are people who are delusional and confident. And I love me the latter. But Incompetent delusional people. I mean they just incinerate money.

Competent delusional people change the world. And they might incinerate some money. But you know, if you think, hey, I'm gonna put a computer on everybody's desk, and you're bulk eighteen, you're competing you. make good software and you're aggressive and you Understand distribution and whatever.

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