Gaia Soykok

His analysis, “Financial Incentives,” published in 1986, revealed that 16, or 57%, of the studies found a positive effect on performance. However, all of the performance measures were quantitative in nature: a good job consisted of producing more of something or doing it faster.

Solo founder Gokul is nervous about it. Two-person is good, the "hustler" and a "hacker"

I wish there was a KPI for this but weird positioning affects you in all the areas. Like all the metrics might be bad. Your sales might be great but still, all metrics might suck.

Larry of Google would just listen. This is powerful.

Robert W. Baird and Co., Inc., wrote in their 1985 book, Intrinsic Motivation and Self-Determination in Human Behavior, “the research has consistently shown that any contingent payment system tends to undermine intrinsic motivation.”

every culture is by definition a vital branch of our family tree, a repository of knowledge, and experience and if given the opportunity a source of inspiration and promise for the future wade davis, wayfinders

the starting point - the baseline rewards should be enough and fair - the salary , wages, benefits. Without a healthy baseline, motivation of any sort is difficult and often impossible. (FAIR keyword is important here)