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Hey folks, Recently, I gave a workshop on ā€œBUILDING IN PUBLICā€ at On Deck and shared insights, lessons, war stories and essentially opened up all my playbooks on the topic. The talk seemed to have resonated deeply with many fellows and I was grateful and delighted. Some of them even shared highlights and
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