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Crowding Out Bad habits
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” (Edmund Burke)
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Brett Martin
Matter over Mind: Why science says to keep your chin up
If I slow my roll, I smell more roses.
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Feeling trapped in your partnership? Here are 4 ways forward.
Partnerships are hard. Another startup truism that is difficult to understand until you’ve experienced it personally…unless of course…
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Brett Martin
Dick Cheney, N vs NP, and Startup Pain Tolerance (a.k.a The real reason startups are hard)
Everyone knows startups are hard, but most are confused about why.
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Brett Martin
Slow Down
I never realized I was always in a hurry because I never took the time to notice.
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The type of risk I’m looking for
If all good businesses are the same and an investor’s job is to buy risk, investors are differentiated by the type of risk they are willing…
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Ah. Mona. Perfect.
Ah.
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