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MicroWave@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months ago

23andMe’s entire board resigned on the same day. Founder Anne Wojcicki still thinks the startup is savable

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23andMe’s entire board resigned on the same day. Founder Anne Wojcicki still thinks the startup is savable

fortune.com

MicroWave@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months ago
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What really happened at the once hot DNA testing company.
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    The company was founded almost 20 years ago. At what point is it no longer a startup?

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      I think they are confused on thinking that any private company is a startup.

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      There’s a company in Brazil that advertise itself as a “100 years old startup”, completely ridiculous.

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        deleted by creator

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          I guess the point is talking about how they’re still disruptive and innovative, buzz words associated with startups.

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      I worked for a company that was roughly 15 years old at the time and still very much in startup mode. In the end, it was a mechanism to shovel lots of money into the pocket of the CEO and some of the investors. It’s why they never grew, aside from incompetence.

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      It’s like when you have a shitty kid that never grows up and is still pissing the bed 20 years later.

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        The bedwetting is probably a symptom of trauma influcted by shitty parenting. Usually is.

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          Are we psychoanalysing Anne Wojcicki

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        Wow don’t call me out like that dude

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      When they are profitable I’m guessing. Usually startups are suppose to grow as fast as they can even if it means running a deficit. Pretty ridiculous imo.

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