The Messy Middle
topic on 4 shows · 1 statements across 1 episodes · said 25 times in 10 episodes since 2019
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Belsky: Transparent pitches highlighting operational friction are better than hype
“I get so many pitches these days where people talk about the fact that they're in their messy middle. First of all, it's great that we start having a truthful exchange from the offset as opposed to we're going to change the world. We're building this. It's ama…”