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Normalizing SuicidalityOnce upon a time, there was a naive woman named Tara. She had internalized toxic ideas about suicidality from her Midwestern American…Sep 14, 2023Sep 14, 2023
Be Superficial and Transactional if You Want But Do it Without Imposing Unrealistic Conversational…I went to my first Chicago tech networking event this week after spending two months in San Francisco and it was a breath of fresh air! I’m…Jul 13, 2023Jul 13, 2023
If a Company Wants a Detailed Proposal for Free, Run!While I appreciate it when founders ask what I’d do for their startup rather than extrapolating based on my past work, I noticed that it…Jun 28, 2023Jun 28, 2023
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