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17 connected korrents · 17 moments from 28 Oct 2011 to 21 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under management management Everything filed under venture capital venture capital Everything filed under Silicon Valley Silicon Valley Everything filed under startups startups Everything filed under AI alignment AI alignment Everything filed under market efficiency market efficiency Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Shareholders only care about maximizing profits Shareholders only care about maximizingprofits Last stated a year ago 24 Jul 2025 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-07-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: In their Platonic ideal, shareholders only care about maximizing profits — tap to centre the map on it In their Platonic ideal,shareholders only care aboutmaximizing profits Last stated 4 years ago 14 Sept 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-09-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Once shareholder value is the only goal, nothing else — the customer, the product, the workplace — is anybody’s job. — tap to centre the map on it Once shareholder value is the onlygoal, nothing else — the customer,the product, the workplace — isanybody’s job. Last stated a year ago 21 May 2025 EZ Ed Zitron — holds since 2025-05-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company needs someone who cares about the outcome above the effort — tap to centre the map on it A company needs someone who caresabout the outcome above the effort Last stated 2 years ago 19 Mar 2025 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-03-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: Employees and customers do not want what founders want, and equity stakes become a demotivator in almost every organisation. — tap to centre the map on it Employees and customers do not wantwhat founders want, and equitystakes become a demotivator inalmost every organisation. Last stated 3 years ago 26 Mar 2024 SG Seth Godin — holds since 2024-03-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: Letting shareholders govern AI means whoever can borrow the most money controls the technology, and that cannot be how it works. — tap to centre the map on it Letting shareholders govern AI meanswhoever can borrow the most moneycontrols the technology, and thatcannot be how it works. Last stated 5 months ago 10 May 2026 ER Eric Ries — holds since 2026-05-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: The efficient market hypothesis is at best a very lossy heuristic — tap to centre the map on it The efficient market hypothesis isat best a very lossy heuristic Last stated 4 weeks ago 4 Sept 2026 NF Nat Friedman — holds since 2026-09-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Venture capital decision-making runs more on subjective feelings than on objective substance. — tap to centre the map on it Venture capital decision-making runsmore on subjective feelings than onobjective substance. Last stated 2 months ago 5 Aug 2026 ZH Zach Holman — holds since 2026-08-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: If you do not get your company's governance right, none of your other decisions will matter for the long term, because you will not be the one making them. — tap to centre the map on it If you do not get your company'sgovernance right, none of your otherdecisions will matter for the longterm, because you will not be theone making them. Last stated 5 months ago 10 May 2026 ER Eric Ries — holds since 2026-05-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Hire great people and get out of their way" is dangerous advice for anyone in a leadership role. — tap to centre the map on it "Hire great people and get out oftheir way" is dangerous advice foranyone in a leadership role. Last stated 2 years ago 17 Dec 2024 CM Charity Majors — holds since 2024-12-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A career goes better attached to the part of a business that brings the money in than to a cost centre, whatever the work itself is. — tap to centre the map on it A career goes better attached to thepart of a business that brings themoney in than to a cost centre,whatever the work itself is. Last stated 15 years ago 28 Oct 2011 PM Patrick McKenzie — holds since 2011-10-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: A career ladder must not be a checklist that guarantees promotion, because a promotion depends on the organisation’s needs as much as on the employee’s skills. — tap to centre the map on it A career ladder must not be achecklist that guarantees promotion,because a promotion depends on theorganisation’s needs as much as onthe employee’s skills. Last stated a year ago 28 May 2025 CF Camille Fournier — holds since 2025-05-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company that grows enough eventually has no need for investors. — tap to centre the map on it A company that grows enougheventually has no need forinvestors. Last stated a month ago 1 Sept 2026 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A founder should take half the valuation if it buys all of the control, because the right to be wrong in your own way is what founding was for. — tap to centre the map on it A founder should take half thevaluation if it buys all of thecontrol, because the right to bewrong in your own way is whatfounding was for. Last stated 4 months ago 2 Jun 2026 MP Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI factories and foundries are too capital-intensive for venture money; they need government or sovereign funds behind them. — tap to centre the map on it AI factories and foundries are toocapital-intensive for venture money;they need government or sovereignfunds behind them. Last stated 3 months ago 18 Jun 2026 LT Lip-Bu Tan — holds since 2026-06-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Move fast and break things" is the wrong mantra when you are dealing with atoms; the job is to move fast and ship safely. — tap to centre the map on it "Move fast and break things" is thewrong mantra when you are dealingwith atoms; the job is to move fastand ship safely. Last stated 2 months ago 3 Aug 2026 DD Dmitri Dolgov — holds since 2026-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI companies promote themselves around 'taste' because their products are unappealing outside tech circles. — tap to centre the map on it AI companies promote themselvesaround 'taste' because theirproducts are unappealing outsidetech circles. Last stated 6 months ago 26 Mar 2026 KC Kyle Chayka — holds since 2026-03-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: An AI Agentic War has begun between Big Tech players. — tap to centre the map on it An AI Agentic War has begun betweenBig Tech players. Last stated 2 weeks ago 21 Sept 2026 MS M.G. Siegler — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Shareholders only care about maximizing profits Last stated 24 Jul 2025 · a year ago Holds David Heinemeier Hansson Read this korrent →