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Re:Elon Musk Confronts a Fateful Tweet and an ‘Excruciating’... by that_jojo on Friday August 17, 2018 @09:19AM (#17782577)
Completely just to play devil's advocate, here: When has a major innovative company ever done better after ousting a visionary but perhaps somewhat toxic founder?

Maybe we could look at Uber, but it's too soon to tell. And The new management there seems earnest, but I'm not sure they're looking so hot from an actual business perspective.

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Re:Elon Musk Confronts a Fateful Tweet and an ‘Excruciating’... by mikestew on Friday August 17, 2018 @12:17PM (#17783870)
When has a major innovative company ever done better after ousting a visionary but perhaps somewhat toxic founder?

I don't know, how visionary and/or toxic would you consider the founders of Tesla to be before they got the boot?

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Re:Elon Musk Confronts a Fateful Tweet and an ‘Excruciating’... by ABCLAW on Friday August 17, 2018 @02:08PM (#17784641)
How many major innovative companies haven't been headed by a visionary but toxic founder in the first place?

If we're just looking into this question to understand how important neurosis is in creating greatness, I think we need the more obvious counterfactual first.

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Re:Elon Musk Confronts a Fateful Tweet and an ‘Excruciating’... by billylindeman on Friday August 17, 2018 @09:58AM (#17782843)
General Motors. William durant vs Alfred Sloan.

But better is relative.

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Re:Elon Musk Confronts a Fateful Tweet and an ‘Excruciating’... by that_jojo on Saturday August 18, 2018 @01:38PM (#17789572)
Oh shit, I like this one. Nice work.
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Re:Elon Musk Confronts a Fateful Tweet and an ‘Excruciating’... by maxerickson on Friday August 17, 2018 @10:32AM (#17783060)
I think if you want anyone to even try to answer your question you have to list all the companies that qualify as major and innovative.

Otherwise someone responds with an example and you just say that it doesn't count.

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