A guy who sold his startup for $1.26 billion tells grads to ’get good at failure’
Julie Bort
He offered four solid bits of advice to students, which is good advice for anyone, at any age: ” ’ Since no one can predict the future, while on the path to a goal, a better goal ”is likely to smack you while you’’re looking the other way, and you’’d be an idiot not to follow it,” he said.
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