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Dave Nemetz is a cofounder of Bleacher Report and the founder of Inverse and writes a weekly newsletter on media and startups.
The following is a recent post, republished with his permission.
In it, Nemetz explains why founders calling startups their baby makes them overly attached and resistant to change.
After selling my first company, something disorienting started happening.
As I thought about what to do next, I took a lot of meetings. Caught up with people in my network. Had exploratory conversations.
We d start with small talk focused on the recent acquisition. I didn t stay long after the deal closed. After experiencing the arrival fallacy, I needed a mental break.
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Adam Singer is a 38-year-old tech marketing manager who worked at Google and is now CMO for a private equity fund.
He and his wife swapped a $3,000, 800-square-foot apartment for a cheaper, 2,400-square-foot home.
He doesn t regret moving from SF to Austin and said his anxiety levels have gone down exponentially.
This is his story, as told to freelance writer Meira Gebel.
I m a tech industry marketer, and I ve worked in the technology industry in one form or another for the past two decades. I ve worked with everyone from small startups to big Fortune 500 companies like Google and McKesson.