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MONDAY, 19 JULY 2010
Be yourself. Everyone else is taken.
They were picked first. You're what was left.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You started saying "oof" when you sit down. That's the countdown, out loud.
- Mondays aren't so bad. They're just Sundays that opened their bank statement.
- Your startup is a chatbot that tells customers they're right. Investors loved it. The…
- 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…
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