Amazing. Only I thought Pattison was guilty of asking too many softball questions. There's not a single question here on the parenthetical sideswipe that team

Amazing. Only I thought Pattison was guilty of asking too many softball questions. There's not a single question here on the parenthetical sideswipe that teamwork is “vastly overrated”. There is some business wisdom about having a backbone in some areas that trip many small companies up, but when I got to the "vendor financing" remark, my judgement of this man was much harsher than "penny ante" as his tough love jumped the shark for a splash landing on shifting-the-burden. My financial discipline is my vendor's financial shame. Nice one. Always want to be your vendor's least favourite customer when they run into a production glitch. Shite happens in the supply chain no matter how vicious your management style, and it ripples through on a selective basis. This is classic Taleb: painfully grind out a one cent advantage every day, then take a $20 hit when the black swan rides again, at which point you excuse positioning yourself to take the brunt of the pain because 99% of humanity is weak in the knees, which is another view he expresses. PS: thanks to y-comb for letting me type this out before demanding an account. Love that up-front business attitude.