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> So... the thing that made him America's top telemarketer was... illegally omitting the disclosures... which everyone was doing... but also, it made him unique

> So... the thing that made him America's top telemarketer was... illegally omitting the disclosures... which everyone was doing... but also, it made him uniquely successful because many of his colleagues didn't do it? And Uber is a taxi company that doesn't own taxis, AirBnB is a hotel chain that owns no hotels. Find a hyper-successful company or person, and start digging. The secret 99/100 times is crime (or incredibly crime-adjacent behaviors).

eru 2y ago
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- margalabargala 2y ago
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  - eru 2y ago
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astrange 2y ago
Hotel chains frequently don't own hotels, but rather franchise their name to them. Similarly, taxi companies are much less ethical than you're implying here. Often more criminal too.
- anovikov 2y ago
  Isn't it "always" rather than "frequently"? In case of hotels. Hotel chains are brand operators, their job is to build up brand value through ads, enforcing quality standards within hotels of their chain, and managing their loyalty program. They are not supposed to operate hotels, let alone own them. Because entities that operate hotels (paying royalty to the hotel chain), almost always do not own the hotels per se i.e. real estate. They rent it. From holding companies that did not build it, they bought them ready from real estate developers who start a project targeting several potential buyers usually picking the actual one while construction is near finishing. And the developer is also not building the building, construction company does it, the developer just manages the land deal, licensing, permitting, and architectural designs, asking construction company to do particular phases of work with a particular budget. And that one then subcontracts different things to different entities, who in turn manage imports of the labor force and materials and manage people who do the work... The chain is looong.
JumpCrisscross 2y ago
> Uber is a taxi company that doesn't own taxis, AirBnB is a hotel chain that owns no hotels Most taxi companies don’t own cars. Almost none of the hotel operators own real estate. > secret 99/100 times is crime Nope. This is the excuse of stupid criminals.

eru 2y ago

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margalabargala 2y ago
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- eru 2y ago
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astrange 2y ago

Hotel chains frequently don't own hotels, but rather franchise their name to them. Similarly, taxi companies are much less ethical than you're implying here. Often more criminal too.

anovikov 2y ago
Isn't it "always" rather than "frequently"? In case of hotels. Hotel chains are brand operators, their job is to build up brand value through ads, enforcing quality standards within hotels of their chain, and managing their loyalty program. They are not supposed to operate hotels, let alone own them. Because entities that operate hotels (paying royalty to the hotel chain), almost always do not own the hotels per se i.e. real estate. They rent it. From holding companies that did not build it, they bought them ready from real estate developers who start a project targeting several potential buyers usually picking the actual one while construction is near finishing. And the developer is also not building the building, construction company does it, the developer just manages the land deal, licensing, permitting, and architectural designs, asking construction company to do particular phases of work with a particular budget. And that one then subcontracts different things to different entities, who in turn manage imports of the labor force and materials and manage people who do the work... The chain is looong.

JumpCrisscross 2y ago

> Uber is a taxi company that doesn't own taxis, AirBnB is a hotel chain that owns no hotels Most taxi companies don’t own cars. Almost none of the hotel operators own real estate. > secret 99/100 times is crime Nope. This is the excuse of stupid criminals.