Comment on Removing the CEOComments−js25yLet’s not beat around the bush. This is about the Nov 3rd election. Here’s a couple posts on firing that were not written with the election in mind:https://a16z.com/2017/05/24/on-firing-why-when-how/https://a16z.com/2011/08/24/preparing-to-fire-an-executive/−joshmanders5yHow do you gather this is from the Nov 3rd election?Sure you can replace "The CEO" and "The Company" with "The President" and "The Country" but I don't see how you got that correlation.−BryanBeshore5yF. Wilson’s reply to a thread on his Twitter indicates as such: https://twitter.com/fredwilson/status/1320706427091111936?s=...−tschwimmer5yHm, yeah. I would not have guessed that this post was a reference to the election by the text alone, but that tweet certainly seems to indicate that it is.−krn5yFred Wilson is just reiterating what Michael Bloomberg said a few months ago at DNC[1]:I'm not asking you to vote against Donald Trump because he's a bad guy. I'm urging you to vote against him because he's done a bad job.[1] https://news.yahoo.com/bloomberg-fire-donald-trump-031227989...−BryanBeshore5yAgreed. Timing is everything.−mmastrac5yFrom Twitter: "Our national decision that is upon us" [1][1] https://twitter.com/fredwilson/status/1320706427091111936−itsoktocry5yHow do you gather this is from the Nov 3rd election?If it isn't about the election, then it's SV fluff. "It's hard to fire a CEO, but it must be done sometimes" isn't terribly insightful stuff.−zachrose5y“I am not a fan of removing the CEO until and unless it is abundantly clear that it must be done.”Presidential terms are four years. It seems demented to make a comparison to firing as a last resort.−dave51045yMaybe I'm missing some context here, but why is this political? I don't really see anything obvious in the actual text of the post.−commandlinefan5yFWIW, I read it the same way OP did.
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Let’s not beat around the bush. This is about the Nov 3rd election. Here’s a couple posts on firing that were not written with the election in mind:
https://a16z.com/2017/05/24/on-firing-why-when-how/
https://a16z.com/2011/08/24/preparing-to-fire-an-executive/
How do you gather this is from the Nov 3rd election?
Sure you can replace "The CEO" and "The Company" with "The President" and "The Country" but I don't see how you got that correlation.
F. Wilson’s reply to a thread on his Twitter indicates as such: https://twitter.com/fredwilson/status/1320706427091111936?s=...
Hm, yeah. I would not have guessed that this post was a reference to the election by the text alone, but that tweet certainly seems to indicate that it is.
Fred Wilson is just reiterating what Michael Bloomberg said a few months ago at DNC[1]:
[1] https://news.yahoo.com/bloomberg-fire-donald-trump-031227989...
Agreed. Timing is everything.
From Twitter: "Our national decision that is upon us" [1]
[1] https://twitter.com/fredwilson/status/1320706427091111936
If it isn't about the election, then it's SV fluff. "It's hard to fire a CEO, but it must be done sometimes" isn't terribly insightful stuff.
“I am not a fan of removing the CEO until and unless it is abundantly clear that it must be done.”
Presidential terms are four years. It seems demented to make a comparison to firing as a last resort.
Maybe I'm missing some context here, but why is this political? I don't really see anything obvious in the actual text of the post.
FWIW, I read it the same way OP did.