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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
SUNDAY, 18 FEBRUARY 1973
Your startup is a chatbot that tells customers they're right.
Investors loved it. The chatbot told them they would. Then it told them to replace you with it. Very persuasive.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Scale your business. Currently it's you, a laptop, and your mum, who bought one…
- Be your own boss. Your new boss naps at 2pm, can't pay you, and…
- You asked the chatbot if you were a good parent. It said "absolutely" before…
- You said you're "so busy" this week. Your screen time says eleven hours a…
- You "can't do mornings". You also can't do afternoons, evenings or emails.
- The retirement age goes up a year every time you check. It's not a…
- You put "entrepreneur" in your bio. You've sold one pair of trainers on Vinted…
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