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innovation

B2Frequent NGSL-3
UK /ˌɪnəˈveɪʃn/US /ˌɪnəˈveɪʃn/
noun

the introduction of new things, ideas or ways of doing 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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This is early '99—where the opportunities remained in the internet—and it seemed to me that there hadn't been a lot of innovation in the financial services sector.

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