When investor Alex Ren visited the office of AI insurance upstart Corgi early last year, he was given a copy of a little red book emblazoned with a portrait of the company’s namesake dog wearing a Mao-like red hat with a yellow star.
It was called: “The Mission at Corgi.”
Business Insider viewed images of a book with the same name and cover. Inside, it contained a series of statements — some braggy, some bellicose, all of them blunt. “Boomers are slow and bad,” the 17-page hardcover declares in reference to hiring.
When Business Insider asked the company about the book, it said in a statement that it was not “Corgi material.”
“The unapproved…
