Disruptive Empathy

Disruptive Empathy

Why Your Startup Needs More Than Just Code

The secret weapon of empathy

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Eric Near
Oct 07, 2025
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I’ve spent the better part of twenty years watching technology evolve, from wrangling servers in a windowless data center to sitting in a Teams call trying to explain to a group of overburdened developers why a feature absolutely must be added to next week’s sprint. If there is one thing I’ve learned across infrastructure, product, support, and leadersh…

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