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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
FRIDAY, 16 JULY 2010
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
- You said "my For You page knows me so well". It knows you're awake…
- You've been "about to start the gym" since January. It's October. The gym has…
- Your startup is an app that replaces a phone call. With a waitlist, a…
- You swore you'd never sound like your parents. You just said "because I said…
- "Let's take this offline" means "let's never speak of this again." That's also the…
- You "can't do mornings". You also can't do afternoons, evenings or emails.
- You're "in your villain era". You returned a lukewarm coffee and apologised four times.…
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