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THURSDAY, 10 OCTOBER 1974
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
- You swore you'd never sound like your parents. You just said "because I said…
- Quality family time: everyone on a different screen in the same room, harvested by…
- Loud budgeting is telling everyone you can't afford brunch. Quiet budgeting is going anyway,…
- Every great company started in a garage. Yours will end there too. The car's…
- Growing old is mandatory. Growing up was optional. You ticked "later". This is later.…
- You'll leave your children everything you have. It's mostly a bread maker and an…
- You call yourself "a bit of a foodie". You've ordered the same chicken 64…
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