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Who is Tom Abate and what does he write about?
Stories and commentary based on research, interviews, and observations.
Satire, fiction, humor, and advice from the Dead Blogger’s Society.
Experiences and events that formed my character and inform my work and beliefs.
Work with kindred spirits toward a common goal, adapt to the unexpected, and be pleasantly surprised at what success turns out to look like.
Effectuation. Put that word into your startup dictionary. Effectual thinking divides the world into things entrepreneurs can control and things they can’t. Effectual thinkers do what they can with the resources at hand to move in a desired direction.They rely less on trying to predict outcomes and more on taking actions that make sense. When forced by necessity or drawn by opportunity they shift gears, realizing that the success they achieve may be different than the result they expected. Saras...Read More
If you live in 37 of the 50 states, that’s what you’ll experience. The only question is which party controls which state
The remarkable thing about Alameda County’s June 29th special election was that social justice attorney Jani Ramachandran qualified for an August 31st runoff against Alameda school board member Mia Bonta. Surprisingly, she failed to get the 50 percent required to win outright the seat vacated by her husband, Rob Bonta. The special election became necessary after Governor Gavin Newsom appointed Bonta’s husband to fill the post of state Attorney General office. Xavier Becerra had vacated the AG’s office after Newsom...Read More
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