When Bill Gates was running Microsoft in his 20s, he made sure to have enough of a buffer to pay every employee’s salary for a year in the event of a revenue decline. Struck me as not only smart, but extremely ethicalhttps://twitter.com/mtracey/status/1242843156900708357 …
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Replying to @clairlemon
Bill Gates ran a monopoly and intended to do so. Such a strong monopoly can weather a storm quite well, compared to an extremely competitive, thin margin, high fixed cost business like a restaurant. Thiel talks about business quality in his book. This is a perfect example.
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Replying to @orrdavid @clairlemon
But that’s everybody’s goal. Can’t fault him for that. Also he claims to have done this before he had a monopoly, when Microsoft was just starting out.
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Replying to @Molson_Hart @clairlemon
I don't fault him for it. But I don't give him credit for being especially ethical just for having money to pay workers longer. That said, what he's done after his time at Microsoft makes him a saint.
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Replying to @orrdavid @clairlemon
I think it’s both a smart business move and, maybe not ethical, but thoughtful and considerate towards your community. Barring an unexpected catastrophe, no one my company will get laid off and I am enormously proud to say that I can be there for my people during this tough time
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Replying to @Molson_Hart @clairlemon
Yeah it's awesome, especially when some management can weather the storm but doesn't pay workers anyway. Those guys are jerks. Most businesses just don't have that option, though. The game of capitalism doesn't let them for certain industries etc.
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With how cheap and available capital was, you’d be hard pressed to find a a company who couldn’t raise money to keep that cash on hand. If your company is big enough to be publicly listed you have an amazing business. If it’s losing money it’s because management sucks.
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