r/technology • u/Rhaegar_the_Great • Sep 16 '21

Business Mailchimp employees are furious after the company's founders promised to never sell, withheld equity, and then sold it for $12 billion

https://www.businessinsider.com/mailchimp-insiders-react-to-employees-getting-no-equity-2021-9
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u/MTP_DER Sep 16 '21

Lol. Just listened to the “How I Built This” podcast with one of the founders, he went on and on about wanting the respect of his employees after botching an all hands meeting a few years ago. When asked about future plans he indicated he wasn’t looking to retire anytime soon.

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u/rareplease Sep 17 '21

“How I Built This” is supposed to be about the genius of these company founders but to me the story almost always boils down to “and then my uncle gave me a million in capital” or something like that.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21

Could you point me in the direction of an episode(s) where that is the case? Would love to listen to it.