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Hello dear buddies. These are strange, confusing, isolated, scary, boring, anxiety-ridden, occasionally uplifting but if you really let yourself think about it for more than two seconds nope actually it’s just a pure horror show out there, fraught, unprecedented, and did I mention scary, times. It has brought out my inner weirdo, which I channeled into a new header gif. I hope it brings you the same amount of ridiculous dumb joy I got from making it.
Because that’s kinda where we’re at. What a luxury it was to be snarky and cynical just a few months ago! That is not a good way to be right now. Anyway I’ve incorporated a daily one-song dance party into my morning routine and highly recommend trying it.
Work-wise I’ve been alternating between [utterly depressing] stories about what is happening in the world, and [lighter, uplifting] stories of adaptation, perseverance, and, I guess, general survival? while still taking into account, well, <gesturing vaguely into the air> all of this.
📉Start-ups Are Pummeled in the ‘Great Unwinding’ 📉
📈But #notallstartups. Notion raised $50 million in 36 hours at a $2 billion valuation.📈
🏠Airbnb hosts are feeling the pain.🏠
💻But also, Zoomers and Boomers are all hanging out together online! 💻
Important Business Matters
Startup everyone’s into: Layoff lists and recruiting matchmaking sites. I listed a bunch here.
Startup everyone’s over: The ones doing layoffs the way this company and this other one did.
Reason to go on living: Screens are good now!
Reason to take up residence under your weighted blanket: We are so freaking bored we’re investigating whether Cuomo has his nipples pierced?!
Latest heartbreak: Well, <gesturing vaguely into the air> all of this.
Latest thing the kids are into: Bouffants. Bidets. The disease of productivity.
Latest thing the olds are into: Adorable Tiktok dances with their kids.
Latest way to support your local bookstore: Bookshop.
Latest lifestyle the virus ruined: Digital nomadism and the WeWork of digital nomads.
lol nothing matters
Fellow Business Heroes™, it is time to dream: What are we going to immediately do when this shit is over?
current status, expressed by stock photography:
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