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I am Diana. After spending nearly 10 years in operations roles across startups and venture capital, half of that time working remotely, I wanted to write down my learnings. I have committed to writing one newsletter a week for 2025.

We’ll see how it goes, thanks for your support 🚀

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Long time writer, first time publisher. A decade in startups and venture capital. Now Head of Operations at Whimsical, focusing on making remote work actually work. I'd rather be optimistic and wrong than pessimistic and right.