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April Joyner
@aprjoy.bsky.social
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Business journalist. Senior correspondent at LPC covering private credit. Business Insider, Reuters, and Inc. alum.
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Whenever this subject comes up, I can’t help but think of this article from Inc. about Phil Hanes. I actually like his life story! But “I flunked out of UNC, so I had to go to Yale” gets me every time www.inc.com/magazine/200...
I grew up in a fairly well-to-do family, and I guess I was spoiled. I had a miserable time at camp and at prep school, where they didn't like spoiled kids. I got the hell beaten out of me at both places. Finally, one day I'd had enough. I started learning how to make friends with people. From that, I became a networker. When I got to the University of North Carolina, the more friends I made, the faster I got around. But for lots of reasons I never picked up a book. I made three Fs and eight Ds, and they asked me not to come back. So I had to go to Yale, where my uncle was on the board of trustees. At Yale I got gentleman's Cs.
January 30, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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lol I am “elder certified” although I have almost no activity on here. sorry 😭 I think I prefer to listen on social media these days
A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #150,732, April Joyner ‪@aprjoy.bsky.social‬, joined on Jun 22, 2023"
September 24, 2024 at 8:00 PM