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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
SATURDAY, 12 OCTOBER 1974
You're not a CEO.
You're one person with a logo, a free email account and nobody to blame.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Be yourself. Everyone else is taken. They were picked first. You're what was left.
- Your startup is a chatbot that tells customers they're right. Investors loved it. The…
- 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.…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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