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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has a surprising theory about the "confidence" behind great founders: it might not be confidence at all. When the idea of confidence comes up, Bezos offers a different explanation: "You say it's confidence, but maybe it's just trying to compensate for that... accepting that that's...

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Big Brain Businessvor 15 Tagen

Full video from @nytimesevents:

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Sentient Yoghurtvor 15 Tagen

Been there. When I turned down the acquisition offer, every instinct screamed risk. A year on, the downside I feared never showed up. The maths was fine, my gut was the problem.

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НАТА МИТЕНКАvor 15 Tagen

Гм).. Есть мысли, Алексей Николаевич?

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Garret McCannvor 15 Tagen

I like that. If you believe you can, you will. If you believe you’ll survive the risk you’ll try. After you succeed you find it’s easier than you thought.

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