If you regularly hear phrases like these, you’re either having a bizarre fever dream or you work at a coworking space.
“I don’t know anything.” – a startup CEO/founder
“There’s got to be an easier way to do anything that I do.” – everyone in the startup industry, every day, always
“Ugh, I’m so bad with new technology.” – the CTO (Chief Technology Officer) of a tech company
“Our networking event should have a theme. Cheese. It should be cheese-themed.” – a member of a Wisconsin-based coworking space
“Only ten percent of startups succeed, so that’s terrifying. But only ten percent of the world is left-
handed. And I’m left-handed. So I feel like we actually have a decent shot.” – a very optimistic startup founder
“We’re the next Uber.” – half of the startup industry
“We’re the next Amazon.” – the second half of the startup industry
“I had to find a way to make cat litter sexy.” – a genius
“Here’s the thing: you need to stop describing the cleaning supplies industry as ‘delicious.’”- another genius, but in a different way
“I got a full night’s sleep last night and am totally not stressed. Things are going so smoothly and exactly how I’ve expected they would go!” – no one at a startup, ever
