Runnning a Business for Humans
There is a tendency in the MBA-led, VC-fuelled startup community to take a ruthless, grow-at-all-costs attitude that focuses more on the acquisition of funds and vanity growth metrics to validate a valuation than to build a sustainable business. The most extreme examples of this have been evident in the IPOs of two unicorns: Uber and Lyft, two businesses that have skyrocketed growth but burn cash…