Managing Your Company To Death

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Thursday October 24, 2002 @08:52PM from the pre-meeting-meeting-about-meeting dept.

puppetman writes "This weeks I, Cringely is a frightening monologue on the plight of over-managed companies: VC's and professional managers who are looking to make a quick buck, even if it consigns the company to the rubbish heap. He praises companies like Oracle and Sun because the founder still runs the company, and is in touch with the core of the buisiness. He also makes an interesting aside about the founders of the Canadian company, Research in Motion (makers of the Blackberry) and their personal contribution of $120 million for research into particle physics, to illustrate what happens when technical expertise and business success can lead to."

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Microsoft by bLanark · 2002-10-24 23:05 · Score: 1, Flamebait

from the article: The founder/CEO/technical visionary meets with his board and finds him or herself out of a job. How could this happen?

If only that would happen at Microsoft!

(OK, if it's not _that_ funny, mod me down)

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Re:Founders not necessarily necessary by Ageless · 2002-10-24 23:52 · Score: 2, Flamebait

Most of the technical guys I know /are/ fat ass white guys :)