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Day 28 of Whole30
I’m on Day 28 of the Whole 30, a 30-day food challenge. I needed a food reset – both in my physiological experience of inflammation in my body and my psychological relationship with food. It’s working. I’m conscious of what I’m putting in my body, I feel much better, and I’m eating local and seasonal…
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For startup founders: 7 questions to prepare for a tech accelerator
Fall is just around the corner. For startup founders, that means they are looking to start an accelerator program in the fall/winter of 2022. Background Accelerators are programs that provide early-stage companies with funding, resources, and mentorship to “accelerate” the company’s development, usually in exchange for equity. Typically, these 3-months, cohort-based programs culminate in a…
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#StandwithSalman
On August 12, 2022, Indian-American novelist, Salman Rushdie was stabbed in the neck and torso on stage at Chautauqua Institution in Western New York while giving a talk about the US being a safe haven for exiled writers. He has undergone surgery. He is on a ventilator and unable to speak. His agent said that…
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Watching: The Janes
I’m currently watching The Janes, a new documentary about the women who created an underground network for safe, affordable, illegal abortions in Chicago in the 1960s. “You’d call a number and ask for Jane.” The Janes provided low-cost or free abortions to an estimated 11,000 women pre-Roe v Wade, “when abortion was a crime in…
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Feeling
This is one of my favorite works by ee cummings. Oscar Wilde wrote “most people’s thoughts are those of others; their words a quotation.” As we continue to live in a world that seems biased towards action over reflection and favor thinking over feeling, this poem from 1972 provides insight – and the encouragement to…
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The $350m a16z x Adam Neumann deal: What people aren’t talking about yet
The internet is buzzing with shock and outrage at today’s announcement that Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is investing $350 million in Flow, the new startup of the arguably disgraced co-founder of WeWork, Adam Neumann. Even before opening its doors or having a product, this funding round values Flow at more than $1 billion. People seem skeptical…
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Asian families on the big screen: Jo Koy’s New Movie, “Easter Sunday”
I went to a screening of Easter Sunday – a movie starring comedian, Jo Koy – with a friend in downtown San Francisco today! I’m a fan of Jo Koy’s comedy – I loved his Netflix specials. His impressions and explanations of Asian accents are hilarious. I saw him on tour at the Chase Center…
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Cut the pretense
I spent the last hour and a half trying to write the second blog post. What a waste of precious time!! I noticed that I care about sounding smart when I write. I need to cut the crap, I mean, pretense. If I were explaining something to my friends’ kids, I would just tell it…
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Starting
Finally, it’s happening!!!! I’m starting to write. I’ll start with a sentence, maybe even a paragraph a day. My goal is to express a clear, coherent thought and hit the “publish” button. Writing a blog was something I’ve always wanted to do, but I never managed to get started. Do you have a bucket list…
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