The Unbearable Heaviness of Being: On the Passing of Naren Gupta (Part 1)

Naren died. Suddenly. My pear tree still has some golden leaves. Rain drips disbelief. It can’t be. It is. These are the only lines I could come up with on Sunday afternoon.

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Best of Bootstrapping: Founder Builds Multiple Bootstrapped Education Software Companies

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Solo Entrepreneur Focused on Autonomy as Key Success Driver: Hank Luhring, Founder of IssueTrak (Part 3)

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Solo Entrepreneur Focused on Autonomy as Key Success Driver: Hank Luhring, Founder of IssueTrak (Part 2)

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I am.

My friend Betsy Corcoran, also my former editor at Forbes, came to one of my roundtables this year to discuss EdTech. She’s also the founder of EdSurge. She read this poem that I have chosen to close the year with, and wish you happy holidays. What You Missed That Day You Were Absent from Fourth

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