{"id":1105,"date":"2025-09-23T01:17:50","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T01:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icelandconsulateghana.com\/matt-post-earthquake-tea-grit\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T01:17:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T01:17:50","slug":"matt-post-earthquake-tea-grit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icelandconsulateghana.com\/is\/matt-post-earthquake-tea-grit\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt: Post-Earthquake Tea Grit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 4.7 earthquake definitely disturbed my sleep last night, so it\u2019s nice to have a <a href=\"https:\/\/cuzenmatcha.com\/\">Cuzen Matcha<\/a> shot and some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harney.com\/products\/paris-tea\">Harney &amp; Sons Paris tea<\/a> to wake up and get me through the day.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-149909\" height=\"453\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ma.tt\/files\/2025\/09\/IMG_0007-1024x768.jpeg?resize=604%2C453&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" width=\"604\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Speaking of spilling tea, I had a great conversation with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/joubin-mirzadegan-66186854\/\">Joubin Mirzadegan<\/a> of the storied VC firm <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kleinerperkins.com\/\">Kleiner Perkins<\/a> where we got to chat about the hero\u2019s journey of entrepreneurship, my earliest \u201cHot Nacho\u201d WordPress scandal and the context of current battles, 996 work, jazz clubs in San Francisco, and more. 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