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MONDAY, 12 DECEMBER 2005
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
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Monday is a core collaboration day. As, it turns out, is every day ending…
- You said you're "booked and busy". Booked for a dentist you'll cancel. Busy rewatching…
- Micro-dating is a thirty-minute coffee to see if there's a spark. There wasn't. She…
- Lessons will be learned. By whom, and when, will also be learned. Eventually. Possibly.
- Every great company started in a garage. Yours will end there too. The car's…
- The house will be tidy again one day. The day they move out. Tidy,…
- "Let's take this offline" means "let's never speak of this again." That's also the…
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