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Note to aspiring founders: insulting your core customers is not good business.
by rgmerk 2y ago
Note to aspiring founders: insulting your core customers is not good business.
- Ekaros 2y agoSame goes for politicians. Insulting your potential voters is moronic.
- walrus01 2y agoBrought to you by the same guy who got up on a stage and told the major X advertisers "go fuck yourself".
- Etheryte 2y agoGerald Ratner's speech [0] was supposed to be a case study, not an aspiration. > After the speech, the value of the Ratner group plummeted by around £500 million, which very nearly resulted in the group's collapse. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ratner#Career https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ratner#Career
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- tim333 2y agoI was wondering if this was a Ratner moment. There are a lot of similarities.
- paganel 2y agoHe's the got ear (and more) of the President of the United States at a time when the Executive Power in the US is the strongest it has ever been, if any "aspiring founder" sees that as a thing not to emulate then they should start thinking about doing something else with their lives.
- rgmerk 2y agoThe US government is not going to replace the foreign markets he's busy trashing.
- ozmodiar 2y agoAnd considering a lot of them probably are aspiring to emulate it, everyone else should be figuring out how to avoid this sort of power consolidation and capture.
- cloverich 2y agoHe has his ear for now, but he can just as easily become his scapegoat. He burned his leftist supporters for good; I agree his position isn't a weak one but I think its best to reserve judgement on whether his moves (->right->X->DOGE) were a smart play or his downfall.
- Shawnj2 2y agoTrump has a long history of falling out with his political allies. Will the trump musk alliance last 4 years? Who knows.