On: Removing the CEO

[js2]

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/

[joshmanders → js2]

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.

[BryanBeshore → joshmanders]

F. Wilson’s reply to a thread on his Twitter indicates as such: https://twitter.com/fredwilson/status/1320706427091111936?s=...

[tschwimmer → BryanBeshore]

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.

[krn → tschwimmer]

Fred 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...

[BryanBeshore → tschwimmer]

Agreed. Timing is everything.

[mmastrac → joshmanders]

From Twitter: "Our national decision that is upon us" [1]

[1] https://twitter.com/fredwilson/status/1320706427091111936

[itsoktocry → joshmanders]

>How 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.

[zachrose → js2]

“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.

[dave5104 → js2]

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.

[commandlinefan → dave5104]

FWIW, I read it the same way OP did.