How to Apply to Business School

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"I took it way too ously and thought that this was goin no be my ticket to a great busnes chool. Applied to stamford, got summarily rejected from g s," he says. "Made some of the dumbest trades in the historyo the world."

When does a creator become a company? Who says that media companies — or venture firms — have to be organizations? How high is the ceiling on one person + the internet? Acquired has the answers and they are... Not Boring. 🙂

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Links:

Not Boring: https://www.notboring.co/
Proto-Not Boring: https://www.packym.com/blog/nyc-debate-club
Not Boring's first sponsor deck: https://projector.com/story/2cb6296d-e229-4774-839c-efbf86d7f69f?scene=7127c7a0
Jake Singer's Not Boring Flywheel: https://theflywheel.substack.com/p/not-boring-packy-m
Proof Ben was famous even before Acquired: https://web.archive.org/web/20150814041757/https://www.seattletimes.com/business/high-octane-leader-drives-microsoftrsquos-innovation-garage/

Carve Outs:

Velcro swaddles (dad life...): https://www.amazon.com/s?k=velcro+swaddle
An Engineer's Hype-Free Observations on Web3: https://www.psl.com/feed-posts/web3-engineer-take
Rabbits: https://www.amazon.com/Rabbits-Novel-Terry-Miles-ebook/dp/B08HY29VM2

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