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Communication Canaries in the Coal Mine

Thoughts on an important signal from potential partners.

Jan 08, 2015 2-min read

I've said for a long time that there are three types of people in this world:

Those who get it.
Those who don’t get it but want to get it. (These are some of my favorite people.)
Those who don’t get it and don’t want to get it.

I made the decision six years ago to work exclusively with the first two groups.

That's all fine and dandy, but how do you know which is which?

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