Depends. I prefer not to give money to people who will use that money to achieve political ends that horrify or disgust me. I’m boycotting a select number of companies for that reason.
That said, they’re generally not early stage startups — more typically megacorps whose owners or lobbying arms have sufficient wealth/power/influence to make a meaningful impact that’s harming our economy, democracy, or social order. Sometimes a scale-up whose externalities are particularly destructive.
> Do you separate the product from the founder?
Yes… if the founder does. I don't care on which side of which ring they are as long as they keep me out of their pointless fights.
Interesting! Yeah founder never imposed or brought those into the conversation
Depends. I prefer not to give money to people who will use that money to achieve political ends that horrify or disgust me. I’m boycotting a select number of companies for that reason.
That said, they’re generally not early stage startups — more typically megacorps whose owners or lobbying arms have sufficient wealth/power/influence to make a meaningful impact that’s harming our economy, democracy, or social order. Sometimes a scale-up whose externalities are particularly destructive.