Eric Ries

Six months of salary.

That's what Matt Mullenweg offered every Automattic employee to resign if they didn't believe in the company's direction.

About 9% took the offer and left.

"The world did need this book. The one about how to build a thriving venture that profits more when it stays on mission and declines when it deviates."

Dodie Jacobi
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On Oxide and Friends’ annual Books in the Box episode, @bcantrill picked Incorruptible and said it felt like a book “sent to us from the future.”

His point for founders trying unusual structures: “It’s not just you.”

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In a given quarter, if either the CEO or the CFO have stock options vesting in that quarter, then on average R&D spending will be lower by that company.

Think about what that means. The incentives we give executives can influence whether a company invests in its future or prioritizes short-term financial rewards.

Over time, decisions that once served customers can shift toward serving the company, and eventually the individuals making those decisions.

We've come to accept this as an inevitable part of business. But it isn't. It's a consequence of how we design organizations and reward the people who lead them.

We can build companies differently.

#Incorruptible #leadership #business

"Incorruptible is one of the most important books for the B Corp movement I have ever read."

Ryan, author of The B Corp Handbook
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