The Co-Sign That Changes Everything

from Working Theorys [alt+shift+b] in startups

Ascendancy in any domain is a game of two moves: self-made wins and high-status vouches. You alternate between the two, taking leaps from one step to the next, aiming for that mythical high point (before either crashing down or fading away under the same community’s judgment or, perhaps, the randomness of nature.)

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