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Great work as always. I have a slightly different take on Ben's Hodinkee post. My reading of it is that the business was on the verge of a cashflow crisis and had no realistic ability to raise yet more money from investors (who have already been burnt on several funding rounds), so it had to shut down its core sales operations. A blog that does not sell anything is hardly worth seven figures, let alone nine figures. The equity is likely to be worthless, and the company will be on the verge of default on its credit facilities (perhaps there has already been a default and a forbearance arrangement is in place). To be clear - a watch retailer is turning into a journalism business. That is an absolute car crash for investors. I actually like Ben and I think that he is treated too harshly by some people online, but what we are seeing is an orderly wind-down of a company in financial distress.

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SoFrech's avatar

Your words on discipline are absolutely beautiful. I'm gonna print "That future self exists in potentia, waiting to be born through the chrysalis of your daily habits and choices." and frame it in front of my desk.

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