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Ben and David on My First Million

ACQ2 by Acquired

CHAPTER

The Three Keys to Failure

CNN's John Sutter recalls a meeting he had with the head of Alibaba in China. David Wei told him that models for success can't be copied due to luck, timing and all these other things. He also said there are three things that lead to failure: money, plans and no technology. "If you don't think of yourself as being in the service industry, you're in the wrong industry"

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