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>If partnering with Facebook meant that we had to change our values, we wouldn’t have done it. Doesn't the obligation to the shareholders and investors to make
by chippy 13y ago
>If partnering with Facebook meant that we had to change our values, we wouldn’t have done it.
Doesn't the obligation to the shareholders and investors to make as much return on the investment trump any values the founders may have?
In other words, doesn't the business have to be showing that it's doing the right thing to their investors? Where the right thing means getting NINETEEN Billion dollars.
Edits: Another way of wording my question would be: Could they really have actually said "no" to them, and gotten away with it?
- ForHackernews 13y agoAlso, getting bought out is not the same thing as "partnering with". A partnership can be dissolved by either party. Facebook owns WhatsApp.