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My first non tech related startup. After a year of work we just launched last week.

It’s been surprising how much overlap there is between software product development and ‘real’ building. Also how different they are.

Anyway, I’ve never launched anything without announcing it here first. Would love to hear your impressions.

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

You are very welcome. Thank you for the kind words.

Thanks for the kind words.

Hey, what you're saying about me is not true. Please don't do that. Seriously, it hurts.

I don't know how Github runs, but it sounds nothing like Holacracy. The author is confused (as are many people on this thread).

Six months ago, I switched my company (over 50 full time employees in 3 cities) to Holacracy.

I'm here to tell you that I'm 100% convinced that it's a huge step forward in terms of any organizational system I've come across.

There's nothing 'flat' or 'manager-less' about it. It's a complex and intricate system that leads to greater clarity, less politics, and better distributed decision making.

Accountabilities are clearer, meetings are more efficient, and more voices are heard. Holacracy explicitly avoids design/decide by committee.

If you're running a company with more than 10 employees, I highly recommend you take a serious look at Holacracy. It's the best decision I've made by far, and I'm never going to work for, or start another company without running it this way.

If you're earnestly curious, drop me a note and I'll be happy to talk about it more with you.

Yes.

I have been very surprised at the discrepancy between the level of dialogue.

When the discussion on HN is around almost anything, I find myself often learning, and surrounded by comments that are smarter, and more informed than any I would find in the real world.

When it comes to gender issues though, I think we as a community in general tend to be pretty behind.

I truly love HN. More than any other place on the interweb, this one has impacted my life in very real ways. I do however, cringe when the topic veers towards sexism. I think we can do better.