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No. The relationship is wrong if you feel indebted to your investors and like they deserve thanks. They are partners in the business. Presumably the CEO did

by hoodoof 10y ago

No. The relationship is wrong if you feel indebted to your investors and like they deserve thanks. They are partners in the business. Presumably the CEO did all they could to succeed and behaved in an ethical and honorable manner. If they did so, then investors have been well served. I will agree however that anyone who ever chooses to do business with you in any context deserves thanks. On that basis, thanks is deserved.

twblalock 10y ago
> The relationship is wrong if you feel indebted to your investors and like they deserve thanks. They are partners in the business. Plus, they knew the risks. There is no reason to feel sorry for early-stage investors who lose money unless some kind of fraud was perpetrated on them.
- Benjamin_Dobell 10y ago
  Do you feel sorry for an athlete who hurts themselves? Do you feel sorry for wife of a stuntman who dies in an accident? Do you feel sorry for those with a gambling addiction? I can understand why you wouldn't at all feel sorry for an investor to the same extent as my examples above; presumably the investor hasn't ruined their life. However, my point is knowing the risks doesn't preclude someone from receiving empathy/sympathy.
  - twblalock 10y ago
    > I can understand why you wouldn't at all feel sorry for an investor to the same extent as my examples above; presumably the investor hasn't ruined their life. However, my point is knowing the risks doesn't preclude someone from receiving empathy/sympathy. I was not writing about a general case of risktaking: I was writing specifically about investors. If I had been writing about athletes, stuntmen, gamblers, or any other kind of people, I would have written something that took into account the different contexts in which such people take risks. I really don't see what you are trying to accomplish by changing the focus from a specific case to a general case.

by hoodoof 10y ago

twblalock 10y ago

> The relationship is wrong if you feel indebted to your investors and like they deserve thanks. They are partners in the business. Plus, they knew the risks. There is no reason to feel sorry for early-stage investors who lose money unless some kind of fraud was perpetrated on them.

Benjamin_Dobell 10y ago
Do you feel sorry for an athlete who hurts themselves? Do you feel sorry for wife of a stuntman who dies in an accident? Do you feel sorry for those with a gambling addiction? I can understand why you wouldn't at all feel sorry for an investor to the same extent as my examples above; presumably the investor hasn't ruined their life. However, my point is knowing the risks doesn't preclude someone from receiving empathy/sympathy.
- twblalock 10y ago
  > I can understand why you wouldn't at all feel sorry for an investor to the same extent as my examples above; presumably the investor hasn't ruined their life. However, my point is knowing the risks doesn't preclude someone from receiving empathy/sympathy. I was not writing about a general case of risktaking: I was writing specifically about investors. If I had been writing about athletes, stuntmen, gamblers, or any other kind of people, I would have written something that took into account the different contexts in which such people take risks. I really don't see what you are trying to accomplish by changing the focus from a specific case to a general case.