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Meanwhile the number of owners of the company who believe in the company's values remains steady at zero.

• twic 10y ago
  I suspect that believing in the company's values is the sole province of the Organisation Men: http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-or-the-office-according-to-the-office/ http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-o...
  • fallingfrog 10y ago
    Wow, that whole article is a very interesting read. Certainly a world run by sociopaths does generally fit with how history has unfolded... I think though that the author makes one mistake where he conflates the perception that social mores are ultimately constructed fables with the ability and willingness to construct your own in order to control other people.
• brlewis 10y ago
  I work at Fitbit and I think our founders believe in the company's values.
  • cableshaft 10y ago
    Fill as many landfills as possible with trackers purchased and either used a handful of times before collecting dust and eventually being thrown away, or quickly discarded when the next incremental upgraded device comes out? I'm really not trying to be mean, and I'm sure a lot of people find value in fitness tracking (and I'm just as guilty of it as I'm wearing a shiny new Pebble 2, which also has fitness tracking), but that's the unfortunate reality of hardware company that comes out with the new shiny all the time: people buy it who shouldn't and other people throw them away far too quickly and thus a ton of waste is created. I can't even imagine how many landfills got filled with just Rock Band and Guitar Hero plastic guitars and drums, for example. Millions got sold, and after a few years, pretty much all of it got thrown away. I really wish there was a better way to reuse old electronics.
• maneesh 10y ago
  That's just untrue