Comment by bluefirebrand
19 hours ago
> but they emphasise not to be evil, just naughty
Based on the trajectory many silicon valley companies seem to take, the slope from "naughty" to "evil" must be very slippery
It's a shame that companies don't seem to be able to be competitive if they behave morally
Kind of an awful society we're living in as a result
I don't disagree with you, but I don't know how you'd ensure that some founder was only going to stay in the naughty, not evil, lane.
Well, apart from the - already done evil things, like worked for Google... ;-)
I prefer people with a sense of humor and joie de vivre over people who treat others like objects, crush your hand with a handshake as a "joke", or walk out of the room mid-conversation. I think it's a mistake to seek cofounders to work with or founders to invest in only for the utilitarian advantage of a current project because there's nothing much holding them together otherwise, and that leads to venture fragility from the outset.