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    1. …in reply to @davisshaver
      davisshaver ryanvailbrown Which is sort of where the leather hits the sidewalk. Yes, it requires a particular skill and intelligence to invent a fidget spinner. But a thing that eventually cannot be maintained or used is a problem...
  1. …in reply to @Chronotope
    davisshaver ryanvailbrown The thing is that being in charge of a company or formulating a business strategy requires entirely different skills than building a product, even if the product is good, and Ev has the skills to build things, even lead others to build things, but not to run them.
    1. …in reply to @Chronotope
      davisshaver ryanvailbrown Medium has all the hallmarks of a company where someone was smart enough to build a cool thing, but not smart enough to listen to others or hand over the reigns when it comes to maintaining/running that thing. That's what Ev is trying to prove w/Medium: his ability to run things.
      1. …in reply to @Chronotope
        davisshaver ryanvailbrown Every step he's taken w/Medium has shown he doesn't have those skills. He doesn't examine the marketplace. He doesn't listen to clients. He doesn't care about how his users are retained, only gained. He doesn't read the history of his ecosystem.
        1. …in reply to @Chronotope
          davisshaver ryanvailbrown I don't think he's alone in lacking those skills. We're surrounded by companies founded by people with clever ideas and no concept of how to monetize them. Mostly they fail. Some later than others. He has created a product. He has not created a business.
          1. …in reply to @Chronotope
            davisshaver ryanvailbrown And since we live in a capitalist society I think it is fair to say that a closed-source product that can't be operated as or in service of a successful business is a *failed* product. No matter how nifty it is.


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