It's dishonest to claim that working at e.g. Google is merely targeting ads, not improving the world.
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That is the secret weapon of nearly all big Silicon Valley companies. And it is one I can't imagine Wall Street ever duplicating.
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Actually, this is simply a leading indicator. Every firm, even finance firms, must be Mission Driven in the long run or they don't exist.
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The entire investment world must also be Mission Driven in the long run. "Wall Street" must catch on too. And they will.
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The anti "Wall Street" vibe is tilting at dinosaurs a little. The old ones are already dead, they just don't know it yet.
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Try starting with the market caps of companies who do it.
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I did, some got kind of angry, others indiffirent. Very few get it. Sometimes I wonder if I am living in a different dimension.
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Very much, if not more so, for Apple. At the engineering levels, money hardly ever comes up, just doing right by the customer.
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Yes, Apple is the only IT company which single-handedly works on beauty as a value, and makes the whole industry to try to do the same.
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Agree with other points in your thread. But on this one, have doubts. Creating value is not automatically rewarded. There are exceptions.
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In fact, Startup world is littered with unprofitable(or barely) value creation. With winners rewarded for their competitors efforts as well.
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I am sorry but that sounds a bit naive to me
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Money is an effect. Google and other big companies focus on the cause. They do understand you need money to get better at the cause
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