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1. Mediocre leadership. Hands down the biggest reason.

The most interesting aspect of this playbook IMO is the cartoon. Using 1-1 to bring up promotions.

When employees ask for promotions:

good managers know how to harness this ask with clear, manageable, attainable goal setting and delivering on the promise. Most employees are also not beyond solid transparent reasoning. Average managers get into a defensive mode

If anything good managers are like high-performance coaches, they understand your motivations and channel your energy. The reality is most companies promote people into management roles by picking people like them.

As a counter test, watch out to see if a newly promoted manager starts talking and acting (in subtle nonconscious ways) like their manager or the real power in the organization. Examples include - Working hours, decision making, predictable agreeability and even hobbies etc.

While the short to medium-term impact of this is terrible, I am optimistic that a few of these individuals (not the usual high profile stars) will kick start the next big idea.

Do we have a list of affected individuals listed to work on interesting projects?

Wish HN can curate a Database of individuals open to working on special projects that could lead to a YC submission

For me, the aspiration to own a GoPro was to capture footage in wet / water conditions. With an iP68 rating for the iPhone to makes sense for light use-cases, an iPhone is sufficient for me.

1. I think the underlying problem has been the lack of innovation from GoPro. I find that while the number of cameras in our daily life has increased, the use-case for something like a GoPro is marginal at best. Apple and other vendors have done an excellent job of improving camera technology on the iphone11 that today, I no longer carry a GoPro or even an SLR camera on holidays.

2. Another amazing shenanigan from GoPro was their accessories business. When I got my only go-pro in 2014, it required me to spend another $200-300 on some really basic accessories like an LCD screen. It just felt like the company added barriers that stopped you from actually using the product.

2a. Minor nitpick - Their packaging in 2015 was a piece of work. It took me forever to get it unpacked and even get hold of the device.

3. Mgmt focus - I live in San Mateo and the stink of constant GoPro layoffs made it an undesirable company to even consider working for. The people I knew that worked there all quickly bailed and went to work for Google or Apple. It also didn't help that I only remembered about my GoPro when I saw Mr Woodman show-up on Shark-Tank. I just felt he didn't focus on a struggling company and wanted to find other things to do.

As the parent of a kid in the target audience, Peppa pig represents one of the most popular youtube channels.

I did the same thing for a year before I got married. I ate my lunch and dinner at a Panera bread next to work place - 5 days a week. I ate half a cup of tomato soup, half a vegetarian sandwich and an apple. I lost nearly 20 pounds over a 1 year period. Infact the team at Panera knew me personally so many times, by the time i paid for my meal it was ready for me to eat. I had a fixed workout/running and meal routine.

My wife hates the monotony but i love the daily structure. I have put on 35 pounds.

To take over Mombasa port is the equivalent of a strategic takeout/takeover of a number of East African countries. Mombasa port and its adjoining highway connects Uganda, South Sudan, Rwanda, and Burundi. 100% of East Africa's export cash crop produce (Coffee, Tea) flows through the port which translates to significant revenues and GDP. I really hope that African para-state agencies (African Dev Bank) steps in and provides monetary assistance to Kenya.

Times like this make me wish that the EA community takes off and together these tiny countries are able to better band together and pony up.

hmmmm.... I wonder if Uber eats can do what AirBnb did to the hotel business by allowing home chefs-after-6pm to take low risk experiments and launch micro Uber only restaurants from their home kitchen or a common kitchen (managed by Uber eats to deal with sanitation challenges).

Seems like mismatched expectations largely on your part. You get what you pay. If you ask for the cheapest workforce, you get shoddy work. I am not arguing the validity of your experience but I think it shows lack of depth.

On the other end of the market, there is a very talented workforce that commands a premium price that delivers world class products. You just need to know where to look. Most western tech decisions to use Offshoring/Outsourcing are based on the key belief that costs can be lowered. In a truly capitalist market, workers are also looking to extract their maximum worth (and upward mobility) and If you pay less, your workforce will bail at the first opportunity.

Additionally, no one wants to work for a project that is driven by a spec document that you authored and requires no design input from the local team