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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
FRIDAY, 2 APRIL 1993
Your startup is an app that replaces a phone call.
With a waitlist, a subscription, and no customers.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
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- You put "entrepreneur" in your bio. You've sold one pair of trainers on Vinted…
- You are a valued member of the team. So was the last person in…
- The best time to start saving was twenty years ago. The second-best time was…
- You started saying "oof" when you sit down. That's the countdown, out loud.
- Nobody notices when you do your job well. Everyone notices when you leave at…
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