Comments on: My visit to American Apparel http://venturehacks.com/articles/american-apparel Good advice for startups. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:16:01 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: A Visit to American Apparel. « paolomello.com http://venturehacks.com/articles/american-apparel/comment-page-1#comment-9907 A Visit to American Apparel. « paolomello.com Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:18:59 +0000 http://venturehacks.com/?p=545#comment-9907 [...] found this nice little write-up on the Venture Hacks blog. It was written by Kevin Meyer of the Factory Strategies [...] [...] found this nice little write-up on the Venture Hacks blog. It was written by Kevin Meyer of the Factory Strategies [...]

]]> By: Apolinaras "Apollo" Sinkevicius http://venturehacks.com/articles/american-apparel/comment-page-1#comment-7580 Apolinaras "Apollo" Sinkevicius Sun, 11 Jan 2009 03:47:35 +0000 http://venturehacks.com/?p=545#comment-7580 Absolutely phenomenal example of great leadership. Putting people into silos causes politics, disconnect from the rest of the organization, and super-specialization. In the new economy the old model is just too rigid. Often we look for very complex solutions for our business problems, when something this simple is under our noses. Keep it simple, keep it rewarding, and squash the biggest killer of companies—overblown egos. Great article! Absolutely phenomenal example of great leadership.

Putting people into silos causes politics, disconnect from the rest of the organization, and super-specialization. In the new economy the old model is just too rigid. Often we look for very complex solutions for our business problems, when something this simple is under our noses. Keep it simple, keep it rewarding, and squash the biggest killer of companies—overblown egos.

Great article!

]]> By: Peoples Press Collective » Made in America http://venturehacks.com/articles/american-apparel/comment-page-1#comment-7548 Peoples Press Collective » Made in America Sat, 10 Jan 2009 10:58:36 +0000 http://venturehacks.com/?p=545#comment-7548 [...] in America anymore, and simply must be offshored to sweatshops in third-world hellholes, think of American Apparel: Brief background on why I like them so much: this is a $500 million manufacturer of t-shirts, [...] [...] in America anymore, and simply must be offshored to sweatshops in third-world hellholes, think of American Apparel: Brief background on why I like them so much: this is a $500 million manufacturer of t-shirts, [...]

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