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You Think You Screwed Up? Have I Got a Story for You
- quanticle 16y agoI understand that the author can't divulge too many details, but its those very details that make stories distinct and interesting. Without those details, the accounts read like generic advice from any business book: "Know your people." "Understand who your real customers are." Et cetera.
- jbermudes 16y agoWe always need to keep in mind the bigger picture. Sure he made some poor decisions wrt business and relationships, but he probably always had a roof over his head and never went hungry. In first world countries if your startup fails, you can always go get some corporate job. If your crops fail in some poorer nations, you'd starve. Suddenly it seems a lot harder to truly "screw up"...