@speedrun REQUEST FOR STARTUPS: TRICKLE-DOWN TECH ADOPTION Let's talk about the REAL reason why technology gets adopted. Some of the most powerful distribution waves in tech weren’t user-led — they were enterprise-subsidized. 📞 The telephone didn’t take off because consumers wanted one. It took off because businesses first had it and were listed in the phone book. 🐱🖥️ YouTube didn’t grow because people loved buffering cat videos—it grew because telecom giants footed the bill for broadband. 📱Same with smartphones: Apple didn’t sell the iPhone alone—carriers like AT&T subsidized the hardware to lock in customers to multi-year data plans. Millions got cutting-edge devices for $199 instead of $599. Telecoms paid; startups reaped the usage. I like to call this TRICKLE-DOWN TECH ADOPTION: when one company bears the cost so another can reap the benefit. And right now, we’re seeing early signs of it again— 🤖 AI infrastructure pushing users into new workflows, 👓 VR headsets/Meta Ray-Bans subsidized by vision insurance and headset manufacturers, 🗄️ Fortune 500s upgrading backend systems that startups can piggyback on. I don't know where all of the trickle-down is happening, but we're interested if your startup is benefitting from TRICKLE-DOWN TECH ADOPTION. If Peter is paying Paul, and you’re aligned with Paul—we want to talk. It’s one of the most underrated paths to explosive, low-CAC adoption. Let the big guys break the dam 🌊. You build the village downstream 🏘️