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People treat us like a real piece of shit when we request them to join us

AAnonymous ·August 4, 2015 ·3 answers

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AAnonymous· Aug 4, 2015

pivot

AAnonymous· Aug 5, 2015

Maybe you are, I know it sounds rough, but we sometimes miscalculate our value. Pivot someway.

AAnonymous· Aug 9, 2015

Did you try and steal someone else's idea and go into their industry?

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