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SATURDAY, 7 MARCH 1970
They'll hold a minute's silence for you at the all-hands.
It will be the most productive minute of the quarter.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your startup is an app that replaces a phone call. With a waitlist, a…
- Your out-of-office reply is the most confident thing you wrote all year. Nobody noticed…
- Inside every older person is a younger person. The younger person is furious about…
- Your favourite music is now called "a classic". So are you. It means old.
- You wanted a mini-me. You got a tiny negotiator who has never once lost…
- Everything happens for a reason. The reason is you. It's always been you.
- Skipping your daily coffee won't buy you a house. Nothing will. Have the coffee.
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Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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