No Talent, No Alpha

No Talent, No Alpha

Basketball

Like our middle school basketball team, companies are artificial constructs built and maintained by individuals.

Jan 05, 2021
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I played basketball in middle school. No joke. I break out in hives just thinking about sports. If you’ve ever seen me pursue anything athletic, you’ll be asking yourself why I was ever anywhere near a basketball court. I was also a 5’1” 12-year-old.

How did I get on the team? To get a group of us to stop skateboarding in the parking lot after school, th…

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