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Sarah Perez
11:39 AM PST · January 8, 2025

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Is the first g the “for public benefit” part? Because isn’t GmbH an evil company?

Also, isn’t the norm that if you’re doing good, you don’t name the leader a CEO but a Director or something?

yes, gemeinnützig = serving the public benefit (literally approximately: gemein = common, nützig = useful, i.e. useful to the common good)

GmbH is just the (almost literal) translation of LLC.

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When I was a kid I always pictured a goomba when I saw GmbH.

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Thats a good association.

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And we’re on Lemmy, so any LLC is inherently evil. /s

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If your goal is profit, then yes.

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