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Why limiting to CEOs in Silicon Valley? And what defines success?
by balls187 9y ago
Why limiting to CEOs in Silicon Valley?
And what defines success?
- hammock 9y agoBecause that's who OP is presumably talking to, young tech entrepreneurs in SV with great ambition. The are represents to me an interesting intersection of a lot of East Asian-background talent with Western business ideals, that as parent comment points out can sometimes be at odds with each other. OP being a Western-cultured VC (kingmaker), picking apart this dynamic may be interesting and important. In plainer terms, what happens when your Western VC boss expects you, as an East Asian CEO, to run mass layoffs in a certain way, when your heritage informs you to run them in a completely different way? Or fill-in-the-blank with any other major top-level decision. Thinking honesty/integrity vs. honor/shame/face-saving, etc.
- balls187 9y ago> honor/shame/face-saving Honor/Shame/Face-saving is one factor that hampers many East Asians from go into entrepreneurship. "Work hard in school. Go to a good school. Become successful Doctor." Those who overcome that stigma and go into business probably don't have as much attachment to the honor/shame game.