Disruptive Empathy

Disruptive Empathy

Your Startup’s Eccentricity is its Most Valuable IP

The power of defined weirdness

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Eric Near
Oct 14, 2025
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I’ve spent the better part of twenty years in this industry (infrastructure, product, support, leadership, you name it) and I have seen several cycles of boom, bust, and brutal conformity. Every few years, we watch as a thousand ambitious people try to mimic the one or two companies that actually succeeded. We chase the funding formula, the management s…

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