ellegriffin

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by ellegriffin 1y ago
Here's how we create 120 million equity-owners in one generation.
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by ellegriffin 2y ago
That's why we need to build better ones.
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by ellegriffin 2y ago
Not true, 90% of employees with an ESOP account also have a 401k or other retirement account. The ESOP account is not instead of a retirement account, it's in addition to it.
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by ellegriffin 2y ago
90% of employee owners also have a 401k or retirement account. An ESOP account is in addition to their retirement account, not instead of it. So it's actually more of an upside without any downside.
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by ellegriffin 2y ago
Usually businesses become an ESOP because the founder sells it to the employees. To even qualify to become an ESOP, the company has to be successful, so by default most ESOPS are. I advocate for incentivizing the model, not requiring it. Bu
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Every company should be owned by its employees(elysian.press)
986 points by ellegriffin 2y ago|1054 comments
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"Friends" as the Ideal Community(elysian.press)
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by ellegriffin 2y ago
I'm a big fan of the library, but that doesn't mean I can get access to every film that exists on Netflix. I check out a lot of books at the library, but I can't get access to all of the books I would like to access. Should a
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by ellegriffin 2y ago
An alternative to the internet making us stupid.
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We don't need to “degrow” the economy(elysian.press)
1 points by ellegriffin 3y ago|1 comments
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What if its not cool to be a bad capitalist anymore?(elysian.press)
3 points by ellegriffin 3y ago|0 comments
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The media isn't as powerful as who you follow online(thepost.org)
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Opening our borders will solve just about everything(ellegriffin.substack.com)
1 points by ellegriffin 4y ago|0 comments
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by ellegriffin 5y ago
Yes exactly. There's this red thread you can follow through the platform. My favorite kind of discovery!
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by ellegriffin 5y ago
Honestly, I hope this doesn't change. As an author, I think the reason why the comments section of my newsletter is such a positive place is because all of the commenters are doxed and have a profile. In addition, that's how I fin
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by ellegriffin 5y ago
I am EXACTLY the same way. I write each of my novels in a different font depending on the aesthetic of the novel. The font helps me stay in character as I write it.
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I made $2,460 serializing my novel chapters(ellegriffin.substack.com)
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I don't read books anymore (I read everything on my phone)(ellegriffin.substack.com)
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Substack hosted a workshop for fiction writers(on.substack.com)
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by ellegriffin 5y ago
I mean, I love this idea. And I love your newsletter!
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Substack is going after novel writers(businessinsider.com)
2 points by ellegriffin 5y ago|4 comments
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These authors make $100k/year self-publishing(ellegriffin.substack.com)
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Wildbow earns $100k writing on Patreon(ellegriffin.substack.com)
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When people say “don't quit your day job”(ellegriffin.substack.com)
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by ellegriffin 5y ago
Agreed.
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by ellegriffin 5y ago
Thank you so much! These are excellent case studies. Will look into all of these.
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by ellegriffin 5y ago
Yes! Exactly! It seems doable....
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by ellegriffin 5y ago
I think about this all the time when it comes to archeological finds. How do we know this wasn't one of their worst works?
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by ellegriffin 5y ago
Maybe this is the case for books after all. None of our television shows or movies will make it this long.
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by ellegriffin 5y ago
This is true, the creative arts have always been volatile as a career choice. And it's true that some of those artists become successful as a fluke or as an accident of their death. But it's also true that many of the successful c

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