The thread kept unraveling.

Until one morning, I sat at my desk to craft yet another press release touting yet another "game-changing" startup that had raised - yet another - $25 million. And I realized I couldn't remember the last time I'd written something I believed in. The words that used to flow felt like trying to squeeze ancient toothpaste from an empty tube.

That was the day I cracked.

https://www.joanwestenberg.com/6-months-ago,-i-left-the-bullshit-industrial-complex

6 months ago, I left the bullshit industrial complex

I used to be good at spinning stories. Give me a half-baked startup idea, a semi-charismatic founder and a fistful of VC dollars, and I could write a...

@Daojoan Thank you for your words and for your work on developing ethical thinking in the tech industry. I have read many things you have shared here, but I had no idea you started out in this direction only 6 short months ago. We're lucky to have you and your words here 😀