<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Mena Yousef: Blog</title><description>Practical writing on sales, AI, and building companies.</description><link>https://menayousef.com/</link><item><title>Pioneers Take the Arrows: What My 2008 Startup Taught Me About Timing</title><link>https://menayousef.com/blog/pioneers-take-the-arrows/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://menayousef.com/blog/pioneers-take-the-arrows/</guid><description>Being early and being right aren&apos;t the same thing. What launching a social shopping platform in 2008 taught me about timing, and how I apply it to AI today.</description><pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>entrepreneurship</category><category>timing</category><category>ai</category></item></channel></rss>