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Marina Oltremare's avatar

Fantastic! Thank you!

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Matt Gottesman's avatar

Thank you for reading Marina!

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Ruth Raphael's avatar

This is all ON POINT!!! Thanks also for the Smooth Jazz link… it ‘s nourishing to my soul!

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Matt Gottesman's avatar

Thanks Ruth! Yeah, this week’s playlist had a good flow 🫡

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Jennifer ‘Uzo’ Onah's avatar

Super read!

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Matt Gottesman's avatar

Thank you Jennifer!!

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CAMILLE MENDOZA's avatar

Loved this round up and the overall message! Such a real pain point for founder-led platforms to want to constantly "re-brand". It only starts to fit right and feel groundbreaking when it's a coming back to the true you.

Also, Cowdog is local to me and soooooo good!

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Matt Gottesman's avatar

Right Camille?! “Reinvention” gets brought up a lot but really it’s “refinement” to the core… and seriously, Cowdog looks 🔥 have you tried it

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Carrie Flanagan's avatar

I loved this so much Matt, esp your “evidence” of entrepreneurs and creatives who maybe didn’t necessarily set out to disprove what the “experts” say, but followed their own internal guidance.

Would you ever consider writing a piece of artists and putting to rest the “starving artist” theory? I find a lot of creatives (myself included) struggle with this and truly trusting their own internal guidance, but more importantly - their art.

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Matt Gottesman's avatar

Thank you so much Carrie! You know, I did an essay awhile back that may jump start your request but perhaps I’ll do a part 2

https://mattgottesman.substack.com/p/creative-fulfillment-and-financial

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