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While I feel for Frank, I also have to question our cultural notion that founders deserve seemingly unlimited entitlement. Hell, with copyright laws, we enshrin
by acjohnson55 12y ago
While I feel for Frank, I also have to question our cultural notion that founders deserve seemingly unlimited entitlement. Hell, with copyright laws, we enshrine this until well after death.
It's great that our system allowed Frank to become a rich man for having a great idea, but my impression from that piece is that it's been the rest of the team that's brought the execution and adaptability in recent years. At some point, more is required of him to continue to deserve the sort of vast wealth he feels his namesake company owes him, particularly if they can maintain the value of the company without him.
The other interesting part of the article to me is how it highlights how important interactions between human beings are. Clearly, the personal is getting in the way of good business. But it always does. I think it really pays to be someone who can be emotionally generous even when you feel like the other person doesn't deserve it.