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Re:Roger McNamee is really sad about Facebook by CydeWeys on Thursday January 17, 2019 @02:49PM (#18933941)
A benefit corporation perhaps?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benefit_corporation

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Re:Roger McNamee is really sad about Facebook by simmanian on Thursday January 17, 2019 @02:57PM (#18934015)
Do you know of any successful and "big" companies that follow the structure?
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Re:Roger McNamee is really sad about Facebook by CydeWeys on Thursday January 17, 2019 @03:55PM (#18934558)
Per the linked article, B corps are a very new thing -- they started within this decade and not all states even have them yet.

Almost all big companies are older than B corps have existed for. It might be a "wait and see" kind of thing.

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Re:Roger McNamee is really sad about Facebook by bitxbitxbitcoin on Thursday January 17, 2019 @03:07PM (#18934108)
Big according to who? Purism is a relevant example[1].

[1] https://puri.sm/posts/purism-now-a-social-purpose-corporatio...

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Re:Roger McNamee is really sad about Facebook by simmanian on Thursday January 17, 2019 @03:15PM (#18934168)
I'm wondering if the next Google can be successful under such a structure, or if it would get outcompeted by a company that treats growth and profit as the only virtue. Companies like Purity is awesome, though.
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Re:Roger McNamee is really sad about Facebook by smacktoward on Thursday January 17, 2019 @03:06PM (#18934097)
Kickstarter does. https://www.kickstarter.com/blog/kickstarter-is-now-a-benefi...
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