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failure
B2Frequent NGSL-2lack of success in doing or achieving something
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But then, as Jeff points out, failure is an essential component of innovation and invention.
Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos delivers graduation speech at Princeton University
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On this wonderful day, when we are gathered together to celebrate your academic success, I have decided to talk to you about the benefits of failure.
So let me give you a famous example, a famous failure and a famous success of the law of diffusion of innovation.
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