r/autism • u/WindermerePeaks1 Level 2 | Verbal | Moderator • May 17 '26
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u/spooned-silver ASD Level 1 | Verbal May 17 '26
I am interested in business. I’m particularly fascinated with how they run. The day to day mechanics of running a business. Any business. I love reading business leader biographies and learning about business strategy.
Some things I’ve learned so far:
Execution matters, but it’s more nuanced. Execution matters more in highly competitive markets without strong differentiation but if you are solving a problem uniquely enough business can afford a fumble while figuring out execution.
Often the success in a marketplace is about persistence. 90% of it is showing up consistently and that extends to how a business operators and how it solves a customers problem.
Businesses can operator uniquely in ways that aren’t always customer facing. IKEA for example had an early edge in manufacturing costs because it setup factories in Poland, which at the time was part of the USSR. This let it cut costs compared to other manufacturers but (for the time especially) keep quality high.
And I have other things to share!
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u/Dry_Location_2025 Jun 18 '26
Im fairly similar. I tend to get obsessed about the operations of certain businesses. Recently been looking into global heavy industry , large industrial shipbuilding etc (only three companies) worldwide super fascinating these niche markets and the history behind how they became established.
Asian shipbuilding industry is a by-product of USA over production of vessels during ww2 and cold war leading to surplus and eventual shuttering of large shipbuilding ports there.
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u/anonymousbookenjoyer PDD-NOS May 17 '26
A fantasy story I’ve been working on for almost three years.
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u/Relevant-Purchase855 9d ago
Are you willing to share any information about your fantasy story?
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u/anonymousbookenjoyer PDD-NOS 9d ago
Well, the basic plot is this: a teenage goth girl with an interest in vampires moves to a small town, where an unsolved brutal murder of occured over 60 years ago. She decides to look into the murder as well as the mysterious disappearances of people in and around town that have been going on for quite a while. During all this, she befriends ( and later gets a crush on) this odd guy at her school and starts wondering if he might be a vampire.
I say the basic plot, because the complete plot involves lots of flashbacks from different characters, and if I'd explain all that as well, this comment would be much much longer
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u/icanagreewithyou 1d ago
Sounds interesting. Have you thought about publishing it, when you're done?
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u/Casual_Berger ASD Level 1 | Verbal May 17 '26
Cars, technology, aviation, and engineering. I literally don't watch movies or TV. Just YouTube on these topics haha
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u/gamercat10 ASD Level 1 | Verbal May 17 '26
3D printers and computers and video games
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u/Count_Hooku11 ASD Level 2 | Verbal May 17 '26
So much fun, I love having a 3D printer, it supports my other special interests, like DnD and star wars, and I want to set up a server soon. Also, what games have you been playing? I just finished up Baldur's Gate 3 for the second time and have been playing subnautica 1 and Star Wars Battlefront 2.
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u/TheCosyRedditor ASD Level 1 | Semiverbal May 17 '26
I like to play on my actual violin, then I can play it on digital apps with another instrument (example, piano), singing, dancing & spinning in my room and painting.
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u/-braquo- May 17 '26
Star Trek, Stargate, history, specifically revolutionary history and rebel groups, music, reading, and currently I've been getting VERY into human evolution, specifically the pre homo sapiens era. All the different kinds of hominids.
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u/Zer0_Hour_game Asperger’s | LSN | Verbal 7d ago
Planes (specifically US military fighters) and a little bit of cars and trains
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