Death is the default - by Dr. Gena Gorlin
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Why building is our safest way forward
In the early stages of starting a company, founders stare in the face of one of the stark realities of human existence: the fact that death is the default. Their product or service did not exist in the world before they started building it, and it will quickly fizzle back out of existence if they step away from it. It’s like those horrible, murderous villains in Dr. Who, the “Weeping Angels,” who stand still as long as you’re watching them, but rapidly close in on you the moment you so much as blink. Or so it often feels, anyway. In fact, there are no murderous villains waiting to close in…
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