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by glaslong 29 days ago
Technically I think there IS another org struct that helps, but it's impractical for a number of Big Corp reasons.

A broad studio-like portfolio, where you mostly stay hands-off and willing to burn a ton of money in directions that won't work, and accept that they are out of your control. Stochastically let the best 10% of isolated plays rise on their own while 90% fail.

I think the VC model tends to do this relatively well. Large orgs though are inevitably culturally, or even legally -- "shareholders! fiscal responsibility! optimal deployment of capital!" -- INCAPABLE of being that intentionally lossy and hands-off.

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Yeah, makes a lot of sense.
So… Amazon?