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by ChrisThis is possibly the single best business document I have ever read; and I mean that with no hyperbole. It is also the single most libertarian document I have ever seen applied to a large corporate environment.
You HAVE TO read this.
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This is the kind of company I’d like to invest in, and the type of company (if my current company wasn’t already VERY similar in outlook) I’d want to work for.
But always remember what the great Judge Smails said, “Well, the world needs ditch diggers, too.” Our society isn’t set up to populate a world full of these companies with independent thinkers driven to succeed — too many have been educated in government factories from K-12.
Comment by Brad Warbiany — August 26, 2009 @ 7:48 amThis is indeed a nice business document (particularly in the analysis of failed strategies), but:
“Do what is best for Netflix, not for yourself”
“No brilliant jerks”
These do not sound libertarian. :)
Oh wait:
“No vacation plan”
Sorry, non-libertarian complaint withdrawn. :)
-Sam
Comment by Sam — August 26, 2009 @ 9:02 amLibertarianism (little “l”) as far as I’m concerned only applies to government – or the violation of one’s rights. To say “no brilliant jerks” is not libertarian would only be true if it was forced. Socialism is fine with me, so long as I can say ‘no thanks’.
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