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Dangers of Entrepreneurship and Investor Advice

The Lies of Silicon Valley: Why Investor Advice Will Bankrupt You

We are told: "Fail fast!" But they forget to add: "...if you have a trust fund backing you." For an investor, your failure is just a statistic in their portfolio. For you, it's a credit pit and game over. We analyze from the perspective of mathematics and neurobiology why advice from the Valley is dangerous for a solo founder.

Jan 29, 2026 460

I worked at a gas station when I was 10. Here's what I understood about poverty 25 years later.

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I worked at a gas station when I was 10. Here's what I understood about poverty 25 years later.

Pavlodar, late 90s. I'm ten years old, working at a gas station after school. My clothes are torn, the fridge is empty, and my mother cries over the bills. Back then, I thought the problem was a lack of money. Twenty-five years later, I realized: poverty is not the absence of money. It's a system of increased operational costs of living. Cheap boots that need to be replaced every year.

Jan 22, 2026 1.5K 5

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The Lies of Silicon Valley: Why Investor Advice Will Bankrupt You

I worked at a gas station when I was 10. Here's what I understood about poverty 25 years later.