On: Academics: Why it's faster, more lucrative, and fun to do startups

[tachim]

Not that the actual research part has paid off, but companies like Anybots have been much more successful in their bipedal research efforts (see Dexter @ http://anybots.com/abouttherobots.html) than many academic labs, much less other companies.

[zhyder → tachim]

Anybots is probably not a traditional company in terms of the desire to make money ("maximize shareholder value").

[dantheman → zhyder]

I think this concept of a traditional company doesn't really exist, or is fairly rare.

Most companies care about their employees, and care about their work. They aren't trying to get every $ they can.