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"Fail Fast, Fail Often" Startup Founder Might Have Failed Just a Bit Too Often

After shutting down his fifth startup in two years, entrepreneur and self-claimed "serial failure" Lance Cromwell started to worry that the famous startup maxim "Fail Fast, Fail Often" might not be accurate.

Tech Culture

Basecamp Bans Discussion about Chicago Bulls at Work

After the controversial decision to ban political and societal discussion, Basecamp doubled down by disallowing any conversations about the struggles of the so-called "NBA team" Chicago Bulls.

Tech Culture

Lonely SaaS Sales Rep Pours Heart Out On Customer Discovery Call

HubSpot's Enterprise Sales representative John Keane baffled team members when a customer discovery call turned into a long conversation about personal life regrets

Tech Culture

Serial Course Creator Launches Online Course Teaching How to Help Creators Create an Online Course

Serial course creator creates a course teaching course creators on how to create a course about helping other creators creating their courses.

Tech Culture

Underperforming CEO Executive Assistant Demoted to Chief Operation Officer

Executive Assistant to CEO demoted to Chief Operation Officer after underperforming for several weeks

Tech Culture

Indie Maker Sent to Rehab for Product Hunt Launch Addiction

Indie maker admitted to rehab for Product Hunt launch addiction

Big Tech

Amazon Is Selling Warehouse Workers Pee Bottles For $2.99

Despite their currently piss poor reputation, Amazon is aiming to turn their internal scandal into another revenue line.

Marketing

Customer Interview Turned Into a Therapy Session

A jobs-to-be-done interview turned into a cathartic therapy session.

5 Mental Models For Founders to Succeed Without Doing Any Real Work

These proven mental models will help you succeed without doing any actual, meaningful work.

Tech Culture

Enterprise Sales Rep Asked Dying Grandma to "Book a Slot on Calendly" For Possibly Last Ever FaceTime

Business analytics startup salesperson Josh Wilkinson insisted his sick grandmother book a Calendly slot for their last call

Marketing

Underpaid Digital Marketer Rebrands as Community Manager

A SaaS analytics startup is rebranding their "marketers" to "community managers."

Tech Culture

On Deck Recruits Lex Luthor as Program Director for World Domination

The top talent accelerator continues to hire world-class experts on their way to domination.

Tech Culture

College Grad Wanted to Join The Navy, Found Naval’s Podcast Instead and Decided to Move to Silicon Valley

A fresh graduate was researching the prospect of joining the Navy, found Naval Ravikant’s tweetstorm, and decided to move Silicon Valley instead.

Marketing

Marketer Who Just Learned HTML Insists to Be Called “Technical Marketer”

Digital marketer self-titles himself as a "technical marketer" after taking online HTML course.

Tech Culture

Woke SF Man Collects Dead Startup T-Shirts As A Reminder That “We’re All Mortals.”

Product designer has a hobby of collecting dead startup t-shirts as a reminder of mortality.

Marketing

Email Marketer Sends “Happy Holiday” Emails to Family and Friends, Anxious About Low Open Rates

Email marketer feels anxious about the low engagement of his Holiday Greetings email he sent to relatives and friends.