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Instacart CEO will be replaced by Facebook executive
- yvoschaap 5y ago> to take the long-term view, and to never be afraid of giving away their legos. Is that a common expression, or a typo?
- TheRealNGenius 5y agolol
- jaredsohn 5y agoNot a typo. 706 matches for 'giving away your legos' and 2620 matches for 'give away your legos' on Google
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- elefanten 5y agoNews as pedestrian as the PR writing style.
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- ma2rten 5y agoI don't think it's a very common expression, but I think I might have heard it before.
- ahupp 5y agohttps://review.firstround.com/give-away-your-legos-and-other-commandments-for-scaling-startups https://review.firstround.com/give-away-your-legos-and-other...
- Copenjin 5y agoDisrupting language.
- null0pointer 5y ago<sarcasm> Common typo. In American English the plural of Lego is commonly written as Legos. When in fact the plural of Lego is Lego. </sarcasm>
- axaxs 5y agoWell, it sounds nice. But I hope this is heartfelt, and not "as the pandemic has slowed, I don't want to be responsible for next year's numbers."
- akomtu 5y agoNaive honesty wouldn't take him to where he is now.
- undfg 5y agoThe new CEO is a French woman.
- fossuser 5y agoI started using instacart at the beginning of the pandemic - every experience with it was painful. From the UI to the ordering process and the interaction with the shopper, and the cost. Amazon Fresh is categorically better and it’s included in prime. I canceled Instacart and don’t see how they can compete. Edit: I use good eggs too which has been great and has some high quality options. My experience with instacart was negative enough to damage its brand for me - I hated using it.
- Cerium 5y agoI used Instacart a few times at the beginning of the pandemic as well. I quickly gave up in favor of dedicated delivery services. Now I use Yamimeal and Weee quite a bit.
- axaxs 5y agoSame. But for me they're just too expensive. I'm a rather honest guy who appreciates the same. Instacart is full of deception. You think you pay a delivery fee, a service fee, and a tip. That all seems fair. Until you realize they silently jack the price up of every single item without calling that out. Worse, they don't use discount cards. Kroger, one of the largest in the US, is well known for their cards and 'fake' deep discounts. Many times shoppers would send me a pic for a replacement item showing '12.99' on the label only to bill at double that on the receipt.
- akomtu 5y agoMy hunch is that instacart is being prepared to be sold to FB, hence this move with an FB exec.
- distrill 5y agoI have been using Safeway delivery for some time now. It's much cheaper than Instacart, there's no tip pressure, the delivery people are real Safeway employees, and there's no third party sucking up value. It's so much nicer in every way. Where Instacart wins I suppose is that it's more than just Safeway, and you can get it very quickly (quickest turnaround for a Safeway delivery is next day). But that's nowhere near enough value to be competitive.
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- jollybean 5y ago35 is young for this kind of role, usually they 'age up' in these kinds of scenarios (i.e. pre-IPO). ... also how does a 35 year old en up on the Board of Cirque Du Soleil?
- mrkramer 5y agoShe is French and she was an executive for 10 years in Facebook. I looked up couple of her interviews on YouTube and she doesn't sound on par with Sheryl Sandberg for example who is a top quality manager in Facebook and in general. But we can not judge people's professional skills if we are not working with them.
- akomtu 5y agoAn executive at 25? Something doesn't add up.
- snypher 5y agoJust seems like the normal career ladder bullshit to me. https://blog.usejournal.com/break-the-ceiling-with-fidji-simo-969c7fa65ea7 https://blog.usejournal.com/break-the-ceiling-with-fidji-sim...
- mrkramer 5y agoI hate careers and career ladders too.
- mrkramer 5y agoSorry I mixed it up like jollybean said she was an executive for 2 years.
- jollybean 5y agoShe was an Executive for 2 years. 10 years a go she was a Product Marketing Manager. She's had a huge swath of press over the last few years for not 'apparent' reason, meaning it's likely she has been a 'chosen one' from some inner circles, probably Sandberg herself who's been putting her name in when People, Chatelaine etc. and the ladies magazines come looking for a 'Rising Female Star' to profile. It's a paradox with these kinds of companies because you don't want fully 'tried and true' you still need the dynamism of startup leaders. But usually going to an IPO they get someone Wall St. will rely upon.