Viewing profile — eries

Yup. The hot dog story is in the book, and although it is a leadership story, that leadership is protected by a unique structure. Without which, I think it's very clear that it wou…

do tell

And they say people on HN are all negative without having read the source material. What an exaggeration! I hope you decide to read the book, and then come back and share whether i…

Right now, in most developed countries and especially in the United States, the defaults for corporate governance are set to a very extractive batch of so-called best practices. Or…

All the mistakes, pretty much, are in the category of not fighting hard enough to protect the company or the founder. I tell a couple stories like this that still haunt me to this …

I just did. I can't really imagine what I would want to write about next. I guess if I'm lucky enough to live long enough, we'll see.

So far, no, it's been a complete blackout from the major podcasts and major TV programs.

Of course that's true, but then don't forget that business model is a choice.

Thank you. That's very nice of you to say.

Strongly endorse this way of thinking. If your local library doesn't have enough copies, I'd be glad to donate one.

I cover this topic extensively in the book. I think the fact that founders are increasingly turning to the political solution of "despotic emperor for life" tells you more about ho…

That's it exactly. Trust is part of a virtuous performance cycle that causes them to both be more true to the mission and also to make more money and therefore be able to invest mo…

I guess I should also say that the one tool that I've used that doesn't do this is the one made by my friends at Answer.ai called solveit. You can check it out here at solve.it.com…

Oh my God, we're seeing this kind of waste of overproduction everywhere with AI. In fact, I've noticed that even when I vibe code a product, I often wind up adding tons of addition…

incorruptible does not mean immortal, fwiw I appreciate you engaging with the argument in good faith and I look forward to hearing what you think of the book if you do decide to re…

amen

He's every bit as brilliant and generous as you remember. You can still learn from him, btw, once we re-open the solveit course: https://solve.it.com/ stay tuned

I assure you that I hand-wrote every word of this all-too-human reply. I'm sure an LLM could have done it better.

Sure, happy to. This is a very common source of confusion, so definitely worth clarifying. We agree that Costco's difference is due to its superior leadership. The question is why …

I genuinely do not understand what you are asking, but I'd be happy to try and answer it. If you prefer a website not created by humans, you might prefer: https://howisincorruptibl…

I would love to learn more about it, too

By far the easiest thing is to file a "public benefit corp" form in Delaware. Two pages, extremely easy, your lawyer can have it done for you by next week without breaking a sweat.…

No way! I would absolutely love to hear what you thought of that book. In fact, you may be the first person I've ever interacted with who actually read it!

By this logic, there are no such thing as psychological forces or institutional structures that affect human behavior unconsciously. I don't think that can quite be right. If you r…

FWIW, Friedman himself I think would be quite scandalized by what passes for normal business practice today.