Candy for Breakfast | Max Nussenbaum | Substack

To be truly ambitious, do you need to be a little bit fucked up?

Nov 7

Why strategy is overrated for early-stage startups.

Oct 23

Failure, guilt, and losing other people's money.

Nov 20

On the decline of rich eccentrics.

Oct 9

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More than you ever wanted to know about Jimmy Carter.

Sep 18

Is reading about gathering like dancing about architecture? Only one way to find out.

Sep 4

You don't need a career plan, and any advice that says you do is wrong.

Aug 14

On the growing popularity of stories about parallel universes, and the women I was almost in love with.

Jul 31

More self-knowledge isn't always better.

Jul 17

Writing about American politics in 2022 is like being the hundredth car to stop and rubberneck at a terrible roadside crash.

Jul 3

It's gross, hacky, and the worst kind of corporate nonsense language. We can do better.

Jun 19

Four authorial futures for a world where AI can write.

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Candy for Breakfast

Funny feelings, American culture, weird careers, and how to be alive. Now with 10% more fart jokes!

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