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"Entrepreneurs construct, perform, and protect illusory appearances (façades) that externally project high-growth performance to audiences while masking venture
by sohrob 2mo ago
"Entrepreneurs construct, perform, and protect illusory appearances (façades) that externally project high-growth performance to audiences while masking ventures’ actual underperformance."
This would accurately describe a some of the startups I've worked at. ;-P
- timacles 2mo agoThis is literally the American way. Everyone does this at every level, from Execs down to middle managers, for every possible metric.
- ArcHound 2mo agoThe issue is that Russians have the patent on this method (see e.g. the Potemkin village). The Americans were seen as the god-honest people speaking the uncomfortable truth to people in power, supported by the 2A. Note: there are trace elements of satire and irony present in this comment.