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      Ian Siegel

      CEO and Co-founder, ZipRecruiter

      "Even in good times, you have to make some really hard decisions."

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      CTO and Co-Founder, Voyager Biomedical

      "When you’re optimized for learning, you’re not necessarily focused on success and failure."

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      Jamie Siminoff

      CEO and Chief Inventor, Ring

      "Some people crush it right out of the gate. I kept building ideas that didn't work."

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      Alexis Lê-Quôc

      Co-Founder and CTO, Datadog

      "Find things that resonate with your own experience."

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      Kathryn Minshew

      CEO and Founder, The Muse

      "The relationships you build as an entrepreneur can be one of the best safeguards against making unnecessary mistakes"

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