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Side Letter
Updates, shorter items, and what gets said after the minutes are taken.
§Side lettersShort items, filed beside the main agreement.
When Appropriate
The reviews are marvellous where they ask. Less so elsewhere.
Ryan Tan|05 Nov, 2026
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The Co-Founders
Five co-founders. Not one was there on day one.
Ryan Tan|02 Nov, 2026
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He says he has counselled the United Nations and the IMF on governance. For eight years he sat on both sides of the cheque: a telco’s charity, and the one raising money for its largest grantee. Beside him sat the telco’s Whistleblower Protection Officer. A disclosure landed Thursday. The chief executive rang him Friday. The LinkedIn Top Voice had no views. Within the year, twenty-five years of partnership and eight on the board were over. Some men buy a Porsche. He bought a sequined jacket and a comedy tour. Six-seven out of ten. He is a man for sequins and the spotlight. The other lunch went unprinted.
