An obligation to independence

<div class="trix-content"> <div>One of the great privileges of owning an independent company is that you get to try all sorts of stuff no one else would ever give you permission to do.</div><div><br></div><div>And you get to greenlight other people's oddball ideas too. You can — and should — provide cover for weird attempts, strange ideas, and "I mean this will probably never work but..." stuff. Often!</div><div><br></div><div>If you are in this position, and you aren't helping unusual things happen, you're missing out on one of life's true pleasures.</div><div><br></div><div>Public companies worth billions can't do the kinds of things you can. Businesses that need to justify every move can't do the things you can.</div><div><br></div><div>Very few get to do this, and you can. So please make the universe happy and see if that weird, unusual, not-like-everyone-else idea catches fire.<br><br>-Jason</div> </div>