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The corporate Empire has been built and it's occupying the lands of 280 million Americans.
It's Rome 2.0 and the Rubicon isn't as clear, but it's already crossed.
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Minneapolis is in a de-facto state of war, there is no police presence in numerous areas currently, and locals have already setup their own road-blocks and community defense forces.
The Minnesota State Police have been arresting more reporters since CNN and targeting them with tear gas canisters and rubber-bullets at point-blank range. The MSP doesn't respect the Governor, and John Harrington and/or Matt Langer should be disciplined. That is, unless they want a full rebellion.
America: The Farewell Tour book by Chris Hedges
DECLINE of EMPIRES: The Signs of Decay (2003) video by Chalmers Johnson
Ideally, cofounders should be childhood friends.
Give them a chance to explain, dig into the allegations, and reach your own conclusion. >50% probably true, walk-away.. and if too many other people believe similarly, you should consider walking-away if they're not your long-term friend because your reputation would be at risk as well.
Money isn't worth more than integrity, or the proper maintenance of also seeming to possess integrity as well, unless they can be neutered with a contract.
If you stay and they are confirmed, you may have lashed yourself to a bomb who is more liability than asset. Remember that most startups fall-apart because of founder squabbles, and some loose-cannon founder acting like they're out of the 1950's causing 2020's HR problems without an HR department, which is probably going to fall on your head to make right. So don't do that.
One consideration is to make them sign a contract that they forfeit all of their current and future vestable equity to the other founders equally if they are found to engage in such substantiated behavior with employees. If they are so great and necessary to success, reign them in and manage them wisely.
Many people want so desperately to believe that magical-thinking shortcut "solutions" will work that they'll spend good money to try to make it happen that they will suspend logic and critical thinking.
Also: Sorry you went through that decline at the end. :'(
My account can no longer Add a Special Request. The big rectangular button just disappeared completely from every page type in the mobile and the web app. Is this some sort of passive-aggressive Unprofitable/Headache Customer-Be-Gone™ gambit?It's not like we're making a zillion special requests, only one or two essential, common products by specific name and department. And we've always tipped...