Aram Zucker-Scharff

“”It’s less about what you say directly and explicitly to employees that creates or destroys a culture. It’s what they take from what you say. And I am not surprised that someone inside the company took Kalanick’s callous attitude towards female riders […] to mean that shocking level of exploitation and disrespect was appropriate — that it would even be celebrated by HQ.””

– The horrific trickle down of Asshole culture at a company like Uber. 

Tech Startup Founder Says Women Are Like Men, Only Cheaper:

““WT actual f—”

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“Our survey of GSB alumni identified large valuations of zero-revenue businesses as the most concerning observation in the tech sector today. Perhaps these concerns stem from scars caused by the dotcom bust that these alumni lived through shortly after graduating; when companies went bankrupt in flocks as funding dried up and negligible revenues had no chance of supporting hefty operating costs.

The tech sector has had a remarkable run in the last 14 years. Nearly every business leader and investor we interviewed anticipates some kind of correction in the next 2 to 3 years”

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– Here’s what Stanford MBAs think about the tech bubble.

“It’s a kind of benevolent Ponzi scheme, one that results in a lot of very cool services being provided at or below cost to a select group of urban consumers, and a lot of traditional businesses being forced to paddle hard to stay afloat. The profitless start-up model should worry us about the future of commerce and competition, even as we take advantage of its gifts.”

– The Problem With Profitless Start-ups