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Dec 2019
23m 11s

The Tipping Point Between Failure and Su...

Harvard Business Review
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Dashun Wang, associate professor at Kellogg School of Management, crunched big datasets of entrepreneurs, scientists, and even terrorist organizations to better understand the fine line between failure and success. One surprising finding is that people who experience early failures often become more accomplished than counterparts who achieve early successes. ... Show More
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