Opinion

July 16, 2020

Why it’s time to call EOP on jargon

Jargon is elitism. Cut it out.


Chloe Cordon

5 min read

TBH IDC about your KPIs, what was FIFO or when EOP is. As a ‘normal person’ to me POS means Piece Of Shit, not Point Of Sale. But I run a business. Not knowing jargon is not a sign that I’m a bad entrepreneur. It is however a sign that entrepreneurship is bad at inclusion. 

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