Dan Kaplan

Bemused observer; sometime wit; totally in awe of the universe. Follow me @dankaplan.

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How to lose your dream job in three easy steps

When I landed the Content Marketing job at Asana, I felt like I had made it home. Then I blew it.

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An open letter to Valleywag: Why your snark is going to get us all killed

It was disheartening to observe the snarky reactions to Justin Rosenstein’s TC Disrupt talk about doing great things.

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Facebook Paper could become the perfect way to market everything

How Facebook Paper can evolve into the greatest marketing channel that ever was.

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Facebook’s lost year

2013 was a good year for Facebook, the stock. It was much bleaker for Facebook, the product.

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UX Study: Timeful

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Product Hunt: from experiment to VC-backed startup

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How quitting my corporate job for my startup dream f*cked my life up

And five questions I wish I had asked myself at the very beginning

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