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Re: Tiny

#21

Post by senectus1 »

umvi wrote: post #3
s_Hogg wrote: post #2

What's the catch with this, I wonder? If it's so easy to cash out, what does that mean for the price at which you cash out? How does Tiny manage to stay non-interventionist as they claim? It's interesting but I think there has to be more than what's pointed out here going on

The catch is that your business has to be in pretty darn good shape. They won't just buy any company, you have to prove it is stable, profitable, and growing.

yeah, good for if you want to develop another business but not detatch yourself from that one for example.

Re: Tiny

#22

Post by vasco »

movedx wrote: post #14
dmitriid wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> profit too low > important growth metrics > product storytelling Yup. Everything that's wrong with (predominately US) modern business culture. Product doesn't matter, storytelling is. Nothing matters, inflated growth metrics do. Profit doesn't matter unless it's high (for some definition of high), but even that doesn't matter if you have hyperinflated growth metrics.

And not actually caring about the problem at hand. "Dude! We could make so much money if we made X!" - but do you actually care about X? Why is money the only reason people are setting up business and solving problems? It should be secondary, a happy side effect of solving hard problems (which people will thank you for with money.)

If someone solves a problem of mine because they're motivated by money instead of the problem domain I don't really care.

Are you upset that the gas station operator doesn't have a hobby about gas?

Re: Tiny

#24

Post by superasn »

ralusek wrote: post #19

Is anybody else super tired of this aesthetic: https://assets.website-files.com/5f10771cbfea70224f1ce526/5f... I know companies all jump on design bandwagons, but this one of these hideous illustrations of amorphous blob people is not only one that every company has been riding for the last few years, but should have never existed in the first place. Not to mention the egregious usage of 90s HTML hyperlink blue. I ge…

At least their images are connected to the message somehow.

Most of the sites I see using this nowadays just slap them there like font icons, i.e. just to look cool with the graphic having absolutely no relation to the text.

Re: Tiny

#25

Post by mrslave »

FeepingCreature wrote: post #15
dmitriid wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> profit too low > important growth metrics > product storytelling Yup. Everything that's wrong with (predominately US) modern business culture. Product doesn't matter, storytelling is. Nothing matters, inflated growth metrics do. Profit doesn't matter unless it's high (for some definition of high), but even that doesn't matter if you have hyperinflated growth metrics.

See also, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keynesian_beauty_contest It doesn't even matter if the business will have profits, it matters if the business will look to future investors like it will have profits.

If only this were Keyne's most famous theory. I believe he (or the greater school of thought built around him) did argue that stimulus through discounted interest rates should be balanced in a timely fashion. But I have to look around the world and wonder which - if any - of our leaders is brave enough to do this? The long trend downwards in interest rates everywhere has not had the desired effect and there are a lot of negative side-effects. But on paper the CPI is kinda OK so it's not a problem, right?

Re: Tiny

#27

Post by yrral »

ralusek wrote: post #19

Is anybody else super tired of this aesthetic: https://assets.website-files.com/5f10771cbfea70224f1ce526/5f... I know companies all jump on design bandwagons, but this one of these hideous illustrations of amorphous blob people is not only one that every company has been riding for the last few years, but should have never existed in the first place. Not to mention the egregious usage of 90s HTML hyperlink blue. I ge…

I recently learned this has become a meme and is called (amongst other names) "globohomo" art style.

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/subcultures/corporate-art-sty...

Re: Tiny

#28

Post by supperburg »

Can anyone say how much it costs a founder to go through the process of being propositioned and then either rejecting the suitor or be rejected by them?

Re: Tiny

#29

Post by tempestn »

umvi wrote: post #3
s_Hogg wrote: post #2

What's the catch with this, I wonder? If it's so easy to cash out, what does that mean for the price at which you cash out? How does Tiny manage to stay non-interventionist as they claim? It's interesting but I think there has to be more than what's pointed out here going on

The catch is that your business has to be in pretty darn good shape. They won't just buy any company, you have to prove it is stable, profitable, and growing.

I would also have to assume if your business is all those things you're likely going to be leaving something on the table in exchange for the convenience of the process. (Which might be a perfectly rational thing to do when you're ready to exit!)

Re: Tiny

#30

Post by mbo »

yrral wrote: post #27
ralusek wrote: post #19

Is anybody else super tired of this aesthetic: https://assets.website-files.com/5f10771cbfea70224f1ce526/5f... I know companies all jump on design bandwagons, but this one of these hideous illustrations of amorphous blob people is not only one that every company has been riding for the last few years, but should have never existed in the first place. Not to mention the egregious usage of 90s HTML hyperlink blue. I ge…

I recently learned this has become a meme and is called (amongst other names) "globohomo" art style. https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/subcultures/corporate-art-sty...

A more politically correct name suggested by Consumer Aesthetics Research Institute is "Corporate Memphis": https://cari.institute/aesthetics/corporate-memphis
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