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MONDAY, 6 MAY 1985
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
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- You quit your job to "find yourself". Found you. You're on your parents' sofa,…
- You "don't believe in labels". You believe in being kept as an option.
- Every relationship has a honeymoon period. Yours was the walk from the bar to…
- Every great company started in a garage. Yours will end there too. The car's…
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