"Everyone we regard as brilliant has endured an enormous amount of failure."
"Nearly every major breakthrough innovation has been preceded by a string of failed or misguided executions."
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Source: Frans Johansson (2006). “The Medici Effect: What Elephants and Epidemics Can Teach Us about Innovation”, p.2, Harvard Business Press
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