Can the Truly Moral Billionaire Please Stand Up?
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Can the Truly Moral Billionaire Please Stand Up?
That, not exploiting people, is the defining quality of people who become billionaires from starting companies. So that's what YC looks for in founders: authenticity.
Paul Graham • Billionaires Build
Partnerships infused with a generous, altruistic, and benevolent spirit are not that common.
David Gage • The Partnership Charter: How To Start Out Right With Your New Business Partnership (or Fix The One You're In)
There’s no question it’s possible to get ahead in life by lying and cheating and generally being awful to other people. This may even be a quick way to the top. But it comes at the expense of not only your self-respect, but your security too. Virtue, on the other hand, as crazy as it might seem, is a far more attainable and sustainable way to succe
... See moreRyan Holiday • Stillness Is the Key
Character doesn’t just aid in creating wealth, it’s the key to protecting it.
Scott Galloway • The Algebra of Wealth: A Simple Formula for Success
if austerity is the end, he should become a monk or a social worker—we should remember that becoming rich is a purely selfish act, not a social one. The virtue of capitalism is that society can take advantage of people’s greed rather than their benevolence, but there is no need to, in addition, extol such greed as a moral (or intellectual) accompli
... See moreNassim Nicholas Taleb • Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets (Incerto Book 1)
“Every billionaire is a policy failure.” Maybe. Or maybe not. But it’s not relevant here. The urgent issue you face is your own economic security, not the virtues of anyone else’