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SUNDAY, 25 APRIL 2021
"It's just a phase" is a phrase you'll say for eighteen years.
You're the phase they'll describe to a therapist.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You're not getting older. You're getting closer. That's worse.
- Mondays aren't so bad. They're just Sundays that opened their bank statement.
- Coffee doesn't fix Monday. It just makes sure you're fully conscious for it.
- Your business plan has three phases: launch, pivot, and letting the domain quietly expire.
- Fortnite was free to play. It was not free to stop.
- Your startup is an app that replaces a phone call. With a waitlist, a…
- Every great company started in a garage. Yours will end there too. The car's…
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