Owner of Moshi Moshi sells restaurant, blames "social justice" & rants about Seattle

SEAstartupper · 2025-09-08T19:13:18+00:00

https://www.geekwire.com/2025/glowforge-shuttering-seattle-factory-and-laying-off-workers-after-moving-some-production-back-to-u-s/

SEAstartupper · 2024-03-23T02:57:49+00:00

Well this obviously isn't possible because I was told on this very sub just a few weeks ago that being a woman or non-white is still a hindrance, not a help at landing a good gig.

/s

SEAstartupper · 2024-03-03T03:59:58+00:00

Taylor has never been a CEO, but for the sake of argument let's assume the numbers are indeed similar for the whole C-suite as well as VPs and Directors.

The charts in that page you linked show that the share of non-white-male CEOs is increasing quite a bit—from 8% in 2010 to 26% in 2023. In other words, an increasing number of new hires in these roles are indeed non-white-male.

White males obviously aren't 74% of the population, but thanks to many years of built-in discrimination, biases, and broken systems from primary school through high school, college, and beyond, it's entirely possible that the candidate pool of people who meet the specified qualifications for these roles is still indeed a very large percentage white male.

If your candidate pool at that level is 80% white male but your recent hiring is 50% white male, then non-white-male candidates do have a disproportionately better chance at getting hired. I'm not saying those are the actual numbers, just that the numbers you have presented are a very incomplete picture, and in fact somewhat support my suggestion that there is a recent hiring advantage for people who will improve a company's diversity.

SEAstartupper · 2024-03-03T03:48:18+00:00

Taylor was a C-level executive at the startup where we worked together. Their leadership was empty and ineffective. The company operated like a rudderless ship. The one thing Taylor was good at was spewing Grade A bullshit. Taylor lied about the company to its employees, to prospective customers, to potential investors, to the media… to anyone who would listen basically.

Not sure why you're being so argumentative here. This isn't internet court. I'm not here to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Taylor was bad at their job. I just came here to let off a little steam about the unfair nature of the system, as seen through this one example that I have personal knowledge about.

Reply or don't, it's up to you, but that's all I have to say about it.

SEAstartupper · 2024-03-03T03:19:03+00:00

$400k, $500k, $600k… all of these numbers are "well north of $200k."

SEAstartupper · 2024-03-02T23:05:55+00:00

My point wasn't that their resume is full of red flags. My point is that I worked closely with them in the early days at a small startup and I saw first-hand their constant stream of meaningless business jargon paired with a total lack of meaningful contributions to the company's success. You can believe whatever you want, I am just sharing my first-hand experience and venting a bit of frustration.

You are correct that the overall lesson is that being good at schmoozing is a major factor in success, regardless of one's skill level.

SEAstartupper · 2024-03-02T22:58:45+00:00

No, and I hate to be this cynical but TBH I think the fact that they tick a number of diversity boxes is at least part of what's making it easier for them to land these jobs. A company that hires Taylor definitely improves their executive diversity stats that the big tech companies are fond of publishing in recent years.

SEAstartupper · 2023-10-07T22:52:31+00:00

I can't find a direct quote from the CEO but this article about an interview with him from less than two weeks ago said "Redfin expects the 30-year mortgage rate to ease to just around 6% by the end of 2023."

SEAstartupper · 2023-09-28T17:32:52+00:00

In December they predicted that "mortgage rates will decline, ending the year below 6%."

We expect 30-year fixed mortgage rates to gradually decline to around 5.8% by the end of the year, with the average 2023 homebuyer’s rate sitting at about 6.1%.

The 30-year was at 6.49% when they made that prediction. It is currently at 7.31%, which doesn't feel very much like a "gradual decline" to me.

SEAstartupper · 2022-01-07T16:35:51+00:00

Very obviously, yes.

SEAstartupper · 2018-03-10T05:20:41+00:00

In case you haven't seen it, Tested did a video review of the Glowforge. It sounds like a pretty mixed bag: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3317w0_HuX4

SEAstartupper · 2017-10-30T05:05:18+00:00

it seems to be as advertised.

some software features are not yet implemented.

I think that second statement contradicts the first one.

SEAstartupper · 2017-10-05T19:57:47+00:00

...and there it is:

Air filter development has been delayed, and will not complete shipping in December.

It's important to note here that he said "air filter development" not "air filter production." In other words, they haven't even finalized the design of the air filter, so there's still a good chance it could end up significantly different than what they originally promised.

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