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Joe Dunn

Fear Is The Mind Killer. SVB And The Very Bad Week.

“Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me…

5 min readMar 20, 2023

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Fear Is The Mind Killer. SVB And The Very Bad Week.

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Joe Dunn

“I Left It Too Long”

We’ve all done it. At some point, we’ve all left it far to long to say, and do, the hard thing.

4 min readFeb 27, 2023

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“I Left It Too Long”

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Joe Dunn

What Is The Purpose of A Company?

Corporations are conceptual devices that we have decided are so massively useful that we should spend huge resources of time, energy and…

6 min readJan 20, 2023

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What Is The Purpose of A Company?

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Joe Dunn

Coming to Silicon Valley

For each of us, the immigrants to Silicon Valley, there was that first morning in California.

7 min readJan 6, 2023

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Coming to Silicon Valley

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Joe Dunn

Warping the Fabrice of the UniversNotes and Links

From Shaping Chaos Issue 3, Dec 23rd 2022

2 min readDec 23, 2022

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Warping the Fabrice of the UniversNotes and Links

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Joe Dunn

Your 2022 Review: Wakes, Ripples, Karma

Everything we do, everything we say, creates some kind of effect, however small. At every moment we have the option to build stability…

3 min readDec 23, 2022

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Your 2022 Review: Wakes, Ripples, Karma

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Joe Dunn

Feedback: Don’t Triangulate. Just Don’t.

Your boss (lets say CEO) comes to you. “I have some feedback”, they say. “OK!” you think, “All good! Feedback is useful, etc etc”.

2 min readDec 9, 2022

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Joe Dunn

The Dangerous Attractions of Speed

Driving an organization at speed can be a ton of fun (at least it was for me back in the day). It feels like progress, like we’re doing…

2 min readDec 9, 2022

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The Dangerous Attractions of Speed

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Joe Dunn

Founder Panic

Founder Panic

4 min readNov 23, 2022

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Founder Panic

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Joe Dunn

Elon, Twitter and The Tradeoffs of Leading as a Brilliant Jerk

Brilliant Jerk Leadership: Pre-History

4 min readNov 18, 2022

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Elon, Twitter and The Tradeoffs of Leading as a Brilliant Jerk

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Joe Dunn

Joe Dunn

Executive coach, working with execs and technical leaders in high growth companies in San Francisco. Ex Engineer, VP Eng from way back.

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