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WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 1991
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
You took it in 2016. You've been sitting down since.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You've been "circling back" since March. At this point you're space debris.
- Some meetings could have been an email. You'll spend four years of your one…
- "Per my last email" is the closest you'll ever get to a duel. You'll…
- You're not a CEO. You're one person with a logo, a free email account…
- Your resting heart rate is excellent. It's had nothing else to do.
- Your startup is an app that replaces a phone call. With a waitlist, a…
- Every company now has an AI assistant. It's the only member of staff nobody's…
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