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That is a good and necessary thing in order to create a company. If you’re used to obeying rules (especially unwritten ones) you’ll never get off the ground in
by austenallred 9y ago
That is a good and necessary thing in order to create a company. If you’re used to obeying rules (especially unwritten ones) you’ll never get off the ground in the first place.
- mbesto 9y ago> If you’re used to obeying rules (especially unwritten ones) you’ll never get off the ground in the first place. I know plenty of people who "get off the ground" by playing by the rules. I'd love for you to re-read your comment again and tell me that it doesn't sound dogmatic.
- austenallred 9y agoOf course it’s a general statement and doesn’t represent 100% of instances. But it’s generally true. Find me a billion dollar company started by someone who follows all the rules.
- astura 9y agoWegmans immediately comes to mind.
- runako 9y agoSlack? Atlassian? Salesforce.com? HubSpot? Spanx?
- majormajor 9y agoFind me anyone who follows all rules. Maybe draw the restriction back a bit, there.
- skinnymuch 9y agoHah I wrote a much longer comment that essentially winded up being just this. Following all the rules is way too restrictive. Everyone speeds or breaks some traffic law at some point. Def need some criteria.
- austenallred 9y agoThat’s the point of PG’s statement...
- skinnymuch 9y agoI know? I wasn't denying that.
- skinnymuch 9y agoI've made a lot of money off their stock so it immediately comes to mind - Atlassian. The only things I can think of are how they maneuvered around Australia's tax stuff, but they didn't go full on into tax havens like other companies have been accused of doing. They just went towards the U.K. And people have issues specifically with their products like Jira, but none of that relates to rules or ethics. What rules did companies like Atlassian not follow?