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MONDAY, 29 APRIL 1985
Every great company started in a garage.
Yours will end there too. The car's been living outside since launch.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. You took it…
- You swore you'd never sound like your parents. You just said "because I said…
- "It's only Monday" is the most threatening sentence in English. It will be only…
- Your company's core values are printed on the wall. So nobody has to have…
- Your banking app pauses slightly before opening. It's deciding how to tell you.
- It's not a career ladder. It's a hamster wheel. The hamster has a LinkedIn…
- Don't settle. Your standards already have. They didn't tell you.
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Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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