Seven Things Every New Entrepreneur Must Know

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A lifelong entrepreneur dishes on the things they’re not telling you in business school.

Why Black Women Also Fear Black Men

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Though the fear of black men by white people is based on racist stereotypes, black women’s fear is rooted in a lifetime of experience.

Last Place

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How do you come to love the place you call home?

You Win Some and You Lose Most (And That’s Okay)

Why do we fall, sir? So that we can learn to pick ourselves up. -Alfred (Batman Begins) People who are a part of my generation (the tail-end of Gen X and the beginning of the Millennial Generation) tend to let the ups and downs of life gravely affect their sense of self. Life can be unkind [...]

Living With Cataclysmic News

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A diagnosis can change or end everything you thought you knew about your world. CW Nahumck is struggling with that today.

Our Awkward Conversation

“Hey, I’m this one guy you met.” “Hi, good to see you. I’m E. Twiggs.” “Hi E. Twiggs.  Are you ready for our date?” “Are you calling this a date?  Is that what this is?” “I guess so.” “I’m not comfortable with the term ‘date.’  That puts a lot of pressure on me.” “Me too.  [...]

The American Scholar

Micah the Graduate Student straightened his lavender tie, hoping that its fat Windsor knot would obscure or at least draw attention away from the fat under his insignificant chin.  He loved graduate seminars, but his affection was born out of a pathological need for attention rather than an insatiable thirst for knowledge.  He wanted to [...]

The Eminent Professor Ruggleteapot

Micah the Graduate Student hoped that the eminent Professor Ruggleteapot would notice him. He loved his famous mentor with a love that was more than love, a love so great that it impelled him to write anonymous, threatening letters to the professor’s wife. He hated his peers every bit as much as he loved his [...]