Re:Ask HN: I want to propose spinning out my work from curre...
by bradb3030 on Saturday November 12, 2022 @01:49AM
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Your description reminded me of a book:
The Great Game of Business - Jack Stack
It describes employee-owned companies and frames the type of spinoff you described as a positive investment, mutually beneficial, to re-leverage debt and provide growth for leaders that are blocked.
Obviously I don't know the situation and the mindset of leadership, but I wouldn't ridicule what you suggested as stealing their IP. They're getting a % ownership in a company in hopes of it becoming a valuable asset -they'd be making a choice.
It describes employee-owned companies and frames the type of spinoff you described as a positive investment, mutually beneficial, to re-leverage debt and provide growth for leaders that are blocked.
Obviously I don't know the situation and the mindset of leadership, but I wouldn't ridicule what you suggested as stealing their IP. They're getting a % ownership in a company in hopes of it becoming a valuable asset -they'd be making a choice.