Thread by @sriramk

👋🚨[new] I love reading great internal company memos for the insight they give into institutions and behavior. Over the years, I've been collecting public ones and I started putting up a few on my site --> sriramk.com/memos

Some previews below.

The P&G memo that lead to focused brand teams.

Brian Graden's memo for suggestions to fix VH1

Brzezinski's memo to President Carter on negotiation strategy for the Camp David accords

Zuck's memo on why FB should buy Unity (from Blake Harris's book)

And many more including: Dave Goldberg on the music business, the famous Bill Gates and Nathan Mhyrvold memos on the internet from the 90s, Stephen Elop's burning platforms, Mark Penn for the Clinton Campaign and more.

If there are others in the public domain that should be up, let me know! Contact info+all the memos at sriramk.com/memos

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Update: been amazed by the number of you who have reached out with suggestions!

Added a few more to the list -> Buffett-Jeff Raikes talking about MSFT valuation, @samhinkie's resignation letter and Ted Sorensen's memo to Carl Albert.

@samhinkie This email from Jeff Raikes to Buffet is a fantastic summary of the MSFT business circa 1997.

@samhinkie More fantastic additions thanks to folks who reached out.
- Griffin to the Cavs team when they were down 1-3
- @BenSlivka on the web to MSFT leadership in the 90s
- Ken Olsen on tractors and computers via @halberenson

@samhinkie @BenSlivka @halberenson More additions!

- Hamilton Jordan with Pres. Jimmy Carter's campaign strategy
- J Allard and @stevesi memos from mid 90s Microsoft - both legendary.

@samhinkie @BenSlivka @halberenson @stevesi New additions - a couple of Steve Jobs classics. One with his agenda for Apple's famous "top 100" event (always struck me how it focuses on competition!) and his infamous email negotiating iBook pricing.

Entire PDFs -> sriramk.com/memos.html

@samhinkie @BenSlivka @halberenson @stevesi New additions - FB memos from last week. @boztank on how his strategy for the FB ads biz (which directly impacted my time there later) and Zuck on the messenger ecosystem. More at sriramk.com/memos

@samhinkie @BenSlivka @halberenson @stevesi @boztank Multiple additions to the memos collection including this one from Dupont to its employees on their work with the atomic bomb. More at sriramk.com/memos

@samhinkie @BenSlivka @halberenson @stevesi @boztank Have been adding a few over the last couple of months. Some modern ones: @brian_armstrong on product management and @peretti on "saving the internet" 🙂.