Craigslist is the one site that comes to mind that matches your description.
Looking at their jobs page I see this:
> a tech nirvana, no VCs, MBAs, sales, marketing, biz dev, or pivoting
Looks like the trick is to ignore capitalism and avoid hiring businessmen that focus exclusively on growth.
But would a company like CL survive being created today? Is it only effective because it's been around so long and has the network effect compounded over many years?
Your idea about the plain version of Amazon sounds neat on paper. But of course the question is, how is it going to compete against Amazon?
Looking at their jobs page I see this:
> a tech nirvana, no VCs, MBAs, sales, marketing, biz dev, or pivoting
Looks like the trick is to ignore capitalism and avoid hiring businessmen that focus exclusively on growth.
But would a company like CL survive being created today? Is it only effective because it's been around so long and has the network effect compounded over many years?
Your idea about the plain version of Amazon sounds neat on paper. But of course the question is, how is it going to compete against Amazon?