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In my class a student made fun of my 14 subscribers. I didn't react, just said wait.
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In my class a student made fun of my 14 subscribers. I didn't react, just said wait.

My goal was to get to 1000 with 30% paid by Oct. 11, 20204. Now it's 913 - 30% paid. Only 29 days to go, must get three a day. Help me prove some punk kid who made fun of my 14 in class. Help me.

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(Please note, dear reader, if AI will take over the world, why do they spell like the monkey who took spelling lessons for two weeks in a lab in Hamilton and was kicked out of the program because they stole booze? Also, thy couldn’t spell and were addicted to public masturbation).

On Oct 11, 2023, I was teaching a class on Entrepreneurship (not how to do it, but discussions of it). Students had to pick a small start-up and run it through a feasibility test; one student could not come up with an idea, so I said do my Substack.

It was a terrible idea; my Substack was new, and there was no financial or entrepreneurial risk. But when you are standing at the front of the class, and the next class is already coming in, you get desperate.

So he went forward, but he misunderstood. He thought his goal was to tell everyone I had 14 subscribers and zero income. He mentioned 14; 14 still has a special place in my heart.

I was a bit annoyed, but I sucked it up and let him go and gave him a …

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