About The Motley Fool
The thing is we are pretty awesome and humble. We are all about loving our jobs, helping people invest, and doing things our way.
We’ve been rocking Foolishness since we were founded in 1993 in Alexandria, Va., by brothers David and Tom Gardner. We get a lot of recognition for having a great culture. People tend to join the Fool for life. Like any great company, our culture starts with the Gardner brothers, who are two of the best people you will meet in life. If you haven’t stopped by our office to meet them, you totally should. We promise to at least pass you off to a minion for a tour.
The company’s name was taken from Shakespeare, whose wise fools both instructed and amused, and could speak the truth to the king — without getting their heads lopped off. Our culture is as irreverent as our name. We truly love each other, our company, and our customers (Except RBinDenver23. Seriously, guy, stop posting pictures of your cat on our site).
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Our Core Values
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- Collaborate — Do great things together.
- Innovate — Search for a better solution. Then top it!
- Fun — Revel in your work.
- Honest — Make us proud.
- Competitive — Play fair, play hard, play to win.
- Motley — Make Foolishness your own. Share your core value _____________.
That last one is a favorite. We ask all Fools to fill in the core value they bring to the table with them.
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6 Responses to “About The Motley Fool”
How can anyone not comment on this. It’s absolutely how every company should do business in my collaborative, innovative, fun, honest, competitive, motley opinion!
Just wondering why your company does not sell T-Shirts, Mugs, etc. to your fellow fools out here in other parts of the country? I was able to purchase one back in 2001 and it is getting REALLY THIN. You guys had a store back then I believe. Why not bring it back.? I’m proud to be a member of the fool communtiy and love when folks ask me about my investment gurus. Bring back the store. PLEASE??????
In the spirit of sharing my core value I would lile to say a few things.
Once I was asked to identify my “superpower.” I thought about it and responded. “I can see through bull shit.” Alas, I found that some BS is hidden behind an iron facade. Experience taught me that knowing who to listen to and seeing through BS was a matter of listening carefully and comparing outcomes over time and examples.
My core value is learning who to listen to. I listen to the TMF.
Thank you all,
Rollomc
What’s up, for all time i used to check blog posts here in the early hours in the daylight, because i like to find out more and more xix.
The Motley is doing some great stuff to educate, amuse and enrich. May they succeed in all their endeavors and help the children to flourish.
Is it foolish to have knowledge and not spend the time to think through imaginative solutions, with some of the best and brightest, on a daily basis? I think so, but my days are spent in billable work. Been floating around DC since ’98 basically in the government consulting world and have been seeking the next big thing (and of course to land on a pot of gold). As a investor that follows his 401k but knows there is more to life, liberty, and an 8% return I feel this is a place for me.
This federal consultant fool knows the industry and its need to change in an era or tighter budgets. He also knows IT solutions and EA strategies are going to change every agency within “the beltway” (including its workforce and its strategies for interoperability). In the pursuit of happiness I leave a reply to request a tour.