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Director's Cut: Same As It Ever Was

Director's Cut: Same As It Ever Was

If you don’t set a tempo for newness, you end up killing it

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Nilofer Merchant
Jul 19, 2020
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Q: Last week the column detailed how new products and ideas take time. How focusing on money first can be a red herring, a distraction from the necessary and foundational work of building community and commitment to the idea. That the idea is the portkey to the future. 

You told that entrepreneur to “slow the f*** down.” Which is perfectly fine for a sid…

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