Parasite Entrepreneurism | Fast Company
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I was told in high school that I couldn't write, that my ideas were unintelligible. My teachers weren't being mean. They were being honest. At the time, they were right. I was better at math. I was great at math. I scored nearly perfect on every math aptitude test, and competed in the Washington State Math Championships held every year at Central Washington University. Too bad I couldn't see the point of math. I could solve for the relationship between X and Y, but the relationship of math to society completely eluded me. It was my gift, but I didn't want it.
