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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
TUESDAY, 17 JUNE 1986
Your startup is an app that replaces a phone call.
With a waitlist, a subscription, and no customers.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
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- Your company's core values are printed on the wall. So nobody has to have…
- Monday motivation is a myth. Like the Loch Ness Monster, a clean office microwave,…
- Wisdom comes with age. So does standing on the landing with no idea why…
- You've "found your aesthetic". It's beige. It's always beige.
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