[Lambent_Cactus]

Is there a standard synecdoche for the type of tech company that's better at 'thought leadership' than at its actual business?

[talsraviv]

If the thought leadership revolves around the journey, learning, and transparency then I respect a company CEO who shares thoughts independently of the short-term ups and downs of the company.

[mathattack]

I used to think that was Joel on Software, but then he did StackExchange. It was as if he was preparing his whole life for that.

[bobofettfett]

Trick is: Stay long enough in the game, earn enough money to stay afloat, then find the gold at the end of the rainbow. Expose yourself to luck.

[mathattack]

Indeed. And he was very selective and disciplined about what he chose not to do.

Many gurus are bad businesspeople. (What makes them a good guru contradicts the nuts and bolts of running a company) I'm glad to see how well he's done.

[lmm]

Trello was what convinced me he'd really got it. It's got like 1% the features of Jira - and is 10x more useful because of it.

[prawn]

Dave Winer maybe?

[fitshipit]

Sounds like the opposite of what you'd want in building a business.

[pbreit]

I sort of thought that when I first read the headline but then when you actually see what's going on, I think the moves makes sense and is more a demonstration of a reasonable attack that ultimately didn't make sense vs calamitous failure.

[skmurphy]

Acqui-Hire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acqui-hiring