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6 Entrepreneurs Share the Bad Idea That Led to a SuccessFounders reveal the mistakes that led to better solutions.

ByEntrepreneur Staff

This story appears in theMay 2018issue of雷竞技手机版.Subscribe »

Michele Marconi

Good ideas are the product ofbad ideas-- thefailureleads us to success. So we asked six entrepreneurs: What was a bad idea that led to a great one?

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