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Problems Don’t Solve Themselves

February 19, 2007 by Ben Yoskovitz

Keep Your Head in the Sand…

And Problems Will Fester.

You Need To Deal With Problems Right Away.

The right time to deal with a problem is right now. Let it linger and one of two things will happen:

  1. It will grow and grow and grow until it explodes into a gargantuan, stinking mess; or,
  2. It will disappear for a bit, only to re-emerge and explode into a gargantuan, stinking mess.

Why wait?

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Filed Under: Personal Development

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Ben Yoskovitz

Founding Partner at Highline Beta, a hybrid venture studio and VC firm that works with large, ambitious companies to identify new areas of opportunity through internal and external innovation.

Previously I was VP Product at VarageSale and GoInstant (acq. $CRM), and Founding Partner at Year One Labs.

Angel investments include: Breather, Spoiler Alert, SendWithUs and others.

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