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        <title><![CDATA[Reflections — Mohammad Shaker]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[What would I spend 10,000 hours on?]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[If I had 10,000 hours to invest, I'd split them between building products and building trust — not raising capital. Engineering is necessary but not sufficient; marketing and distribution compound just as hard. Bootstrapping wins because the incentives stay aligned. Skills that don't age — systems thinking, writing, shipping — are always the best bet.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mohammad Shaker]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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