In life too, we often give up on the projects that don’t seem to yield quick results. But the fact is that persevering, even when there is no obvious success, has immense value. My own start-up journey illustrates this. Between 1999 and 2006, I worked for four different start-ups in the Bay Area, two of which failed. I spent so many years working so hard, and I thought I had nothing to show for it. I was completely disillusioned. But much later, when I started my own company, I realised that the things I’d learnt during those years were, in fact, the most important lessons on this journey. The
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