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by ryandrake 448 days ago
I had a [founder] boss who would say to his team "I want everyone on the team to act as though they owned the business!" He and his family owned 100% of the equity.
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> "I want everyone on the team to act as though they owned the business!"

"Ok, then I'll make a decision about..." "NOT LIKE THAT"

"We're like a family here!"

So we can look forward to being asked for many unpaid favors, and a spate of domestic violence around the holidays.