The Twenty Minute VC (20VC)Public markets create irrelevant behaviors that distract from actual business performance
“Is the business that you see inside is really good compared to this grade that you take every millisecond in the share price?”
everything is disrupted. Everything will be different. No software company that was created in the last ten years will be alive, and an employee will need to decide. Right? Is the business that you see inside is really good compared to this grade that you take every millisecond in the share price? So that's a part that I don't like just because it creates behaviors that are not even relevant. Right? I don't think that the people can actually know why their share I don't know why the share price goes up in this morning and goes down in that morning
About this clip
Ariel Cohen discusses the disconnect between daily stock price fluctuations and actual business fundamentals. He argues that the constant market grading creates distracting behaviors for employees and leadership, as even insiders can't predict short-term share price movements despite knowing the business intimately.
Why this clip
This offers a candid insider perspective on how public market dynamics negatively impact company culture and decision-making from someone who has experienced the transition firsthand.
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