Re:Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt's Leaked Stanford Talk
by ryandrake on Friday August 16, 2024 @12:41PM
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> > How can you have "drive to win" if you are just an employee of a company, and have no stake in it?
> Bonuses, raises, equity.
And significant ones, too. None of this "Hey, you saved the company $1M, here's a $500 bonus!" bullshit.
I once had a founder privately lament to me the this employees don't play to win, and don't "treat the company as if they owned it," and it took all my willpower not to fire back with: "Dude, you're the sole shareholder with 100% of the equity, what do you expect?"
> Bonuses, raises, equity.
And significant ones, too. None of this "Hey, you saved the company $1M, here's a $500 bonus!" bullshit.
I once had a founder privately lament to me the this employees don't play to win, and don't "treat the company as if they owned it," and it took all my willpower not to fire back with: "Dude, you're the sole shareholder with 100% of the equity, what do you expect?"