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May 2024
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When Itai Ben-Zaken’s first startup failed in 2018, the former BCG consultant and Wharton MBA spent months trying to understand what he could have done differently during the five years he ran the company. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 
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