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🦝 Hello little corporate gossip raccoons, I have missed you! 🦝 

I’ve been out of commission onboarding clients, getting the flu, and selling my house to move to Massachusetts (yes, I needed spellcheck to get that right).

I’ll be a certified Masshole very soon! Do you think they’ll accept me as one of their own, or can they smell my Southern desperation to be liked?

Only time will tell…

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It’s a hard-knock life for soul-driven entrepreneurs

Who can resist the call of the wild?

Not Flemming Hansen and Mette Helbæk, who moved to southern Sweden from Copenhagen (where they ran a rooftop restaurant) to start a forest resort.

The resort, Stedsans, was known for its magical setting, locally sourced food, and relaxed atmosphere – including a wild spa.

Now it’s known for its two owners being tax dodgers who went on the lam to Guatamala, leaving behind “over 150 barrels of human shit.” What a twist!

Turns out these two entrepreneurs had racked up tons of tax debt to both the Danish and Swedish governments and it was cramping their style :( 

In a statement on the Stedsans website, Flemming and Mette explained that it was just too dang hard to be soul-driven entrepreneurs AND pay their taxes at the same time

But we haven’t seen the last of these two yet! This intrepid couple has already set up a new business in Guatemala.

Where do you think they’ll flee to next? 🗺️ 

Dishonorable mentions:

• Billy McFarland insists Fyre Festival 2 is absolutely, definitely still happening even though there’s no confirmed location or list of performers. 

• An “AI startup” founder was caught lying about his product, claiming results came from AI when they actually came from manual workers – among other things. 

• Christine Hunsicker, founder and CEO of CaaStle, a fashion tech company, was accused of falsifying and mispresenting company financials. 

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Also let’s not forget that Elon Musk, human meme, sad edgelord, gamer poser, and certified loser, is systematically and recklessly dismantling necessary U.S. government institutions because he somehow doesn’t have anything better to do.

And, as always,

ALLEGEDLY 💋

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Hey, I’m Amber! I’m a freelance content marketer/consultant and aspiring humorist. You can find me on LinkedIn, Medium, Bluesky, and my website. If you really like what I’m doing, you can buy me a coffee.