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Great write up! I really enjoy hearing this perspective. I think it's so easy to get wrapped up a big dream that we lose perspective into what's important. Trea
by wespiser_2018 7y ago
Great write up! I really enjoy hearing this perspective. I think it's so easy to get wrapped up a big dream that we lose perspective into what's important. Treating people with respect and doing the right thing for the employees, customer, and owners. A lot of these mistakes can be tied to inexperience, and I wouldn't be surprised if the average age of VC invested founders goes up when money thins out!
- undefined3840 7y agoThe most incompetent founder/CEO I worked for had the most experience and was the oldest...
- artsyca 7y agoCouldn't have written it better myself, however the toxic element is when all these naive/entitled people make the same mistakes over and over and lead to people lives getting destroyed over and over again
- ambivalents 7y agoIt's interesting you call out the three entities of employee, customer, and owner. I was just listening to a podcast about the failures of meritocracy[0], which mentions these discrete roles and how we've continued to neglect employees and their economic wellbeing. [0] https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-ezra-klein-show/e/64086855?autoplay=true https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-ezra-klein-show/e/64086...