1/ I do worry that as companies get to be more successful, the number of attacks from press, politicians, and trolls on CEOs (and rounds of congressional testimony) makes the job not fun, and they leave from burn out. Gates, Page, Bezos...
2/ America could be losing some of its best talent from this, and it has some parallels to what is happening to successful CEOs in China. You don't get moved to house arrest in the U.S., but it is our own version it, putting something that gets too successful in its place.
3/ (which doesn't seem very American btw)
4/ Of course, every company deserves to have scrutiny and should take an honest look at what it's doing well and not well, but the market solves a lot of this for us. People vote with their wallet, choosing what to buy.
5/ And the best way to keep flawed companies in check is to have new startups come disrupt them.
6/ So how do you build a company today that is resistant to demoralizing attacks from trolls the more successful it becomes? I am not sure, but here are a few ideas:
7/ First, hire employees and build a board of independent thinkers who are insulated from biased third parties scripting their minds. Inoculate your supply chain.
8/ Second, give customers (not just employees) a sense of ownership. Crypto has pioneered this, with many companies and protocols giving users a piece of what they are helping build. Facebook would be facing a lot less hate, if all their users owned a piece of the network.
9/ If people felt like everyone was growing together, there would likely be a greater sense of unity.
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