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Business: Have You Got What It Takes?
A practitioner playbook from Michael Skok’s Startup Secrets workshop — why building a company is a 7–10 year ungame, how to pressure-test vision vs hallucination, and what SolidWorks, Demandware, and Constant Contact founders learned about readiness, teams, and scaling yourself.
AI Playbook2026-07-1916 min readintroductory
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A practitioner playbook from Michael Skok’s Startup Secrets workshop — why building a company is a 7–10 year ungame, how to pressure-test vision vs hallucination, and what SolidWorks, Demandware, and Constant Contact founders learned about readiness, teams, and scaling yourself.
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