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A glaring point that the article seems to forget is that Bezos, Jobs, et. al., are founder CEOs. Not one of the individuals mentioned was a hire. I think that
by amirmc 15y ago
A glaring point that the article seems to forget is that Bezos, Jobs, et. al., are founder CEOs. Not one of the individuals mentioned was a hire. I think that's an important distinction, especially with respect to the author's points on creativity.
"... remember that when Jobs returned to Apple in 1996, ... Let’s just say he didn’t have the benefit of the doubt. What he did have: the founder’s courage to innovate despite the doubters"
from: http://bhorowitz.com/2010/04/28/why-we-prefer-founding-ceos/ http://bhorowitz.com/2010/04/28/why-we-prefer-founding-ceos/
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- hammock 15y agoI think that's the point of the article- companies aren't hiring people who want to rock the boat, you have to find a way to do it yourself.
- gcb 15y agojobs was a founder ceo. then he left with a load of money, wasted it all in next, and came back as a bought ceo. with the ball and chain vesting agreements and all probably.
- Pooter 15y ago> wasted it all in next NeXT got bought out by Apple; it also produced the core OS, and language and runtime that would become the software cornerstone of Apple's resurgent computer products, as well as the new iOS family of devices. If I have to waste my money, I'd easily settle for wasting it the way Steve Jobs did in founding NeXT.
- nknight 15y agoAs a general rule, companies have never hired people who want to rock the boat. The point is that the article missed that point. Nothing is different about "today" vs. any time in the past.
- Hyena 15y agoThat's the article's point: for the last decade companies have been talking up creativity and innovation and hiring like it was 1959.
- sixtofour 15y agoSteve Jobs is both. He founded, was fired, and then was hired.