r/Anticonsumption • u/RainyDay905 • 20d ago

Corporations Time to ditch Poppi

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Poppi is now owned by a mega corporation. The quality is probably going to go down. Time to ditch it.

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u/LowThreadCountSheets 20d ago

I have a small business that is presently expanding. I work with a lot of mentors and programs and about half of the mentors will proudly tout that any businesses goal is perpetual growth. Workshop leaders are serial “small business owners” who make businesses and sell them off.
They advocate for price gouging, and seeking high dollar clients.

Not all mentors are like that, many are incredibly wise and thoughtful, but the prevailing tone still seems to be that the job of small businesses is to eventually sell to big business.

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u/entr0picly 20d ago

That tells us that there’s clearly a lot of market room for businesses to have a much more egalitarian-minded impact, but the culture, the “religion”, around business is to give as little and take as much as you can.

Doesn’t seem very sustainable sadly (ie enshittification). And pre GE/Jack Welch growth-oriented business, wasn’t as much the dogma it is today.

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u/LowThreadCountSheets 20d ago

Totally. I will say though that in every conference or class cohort I’ve been part of, there are a lot of small business entrepreneurs who are pushing new narratives, tying in to their communities to meet a need, and working to provide price points to ensure accessibility. A lot of the more cutthroat mentorship is coming from older generations.

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u/entr0picly 20d ago

That’s great to hear! Hope that culture continues to grow! Just also hope these same people don’t betray their values if they ever get offered a few billion for their business.

I’d like to say I’d be above it, but honestly I don’t know. Life can get so tiring, a no-strings-attached retirement does sound appealing. But as you mentioned it’s about community needs. It’s about the shared community of people. And I think maybe we need to realize that, that is ultimately far more valuable than having more money than one could ever spend.