Comments by "C_R_O_M__________" (@C_R_O_M________) on "The Value of Stories in Business | Aswath Damodaran | Talks at Google" video.

  1. The lesson with Valeant is that immorality ALWAYS ends up bankrupt (and that’s where I fundamentally disagree with the professor - and I agree with Buffet when he said “looking for people to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. And if you don’t have the first, the other two will kill you.” This goes for investing and management/owners. Therefore primarily look for descent/driven people to invest into. A way to know this is to look back at conference call transcripts and see whether these people have actually did what they said they will do or do they always find excuses to cover their mistakes/inadequacy or even deceit.
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  2. “Uber has this misogynistic toxic culture”, I’m pretty sure that wasn’t James Damore! What an idiotic way to describe and stereotype a whole company. Like it’s their policy to be “misogynistic and toxic” as if this could ever be a sustainable business model. P.S. I suspect that this guy has in mind the incident with the female nut-job that essentially harassed an Uber driver about a Hawaiian figurine (if I recall well) that he had on his dash (and even another female passenger got fed-up with that hysterical person!).
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