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How Modern Entrepreneurs Are Made

Founders are no doubt a rare breed driven by instinct, ambition, appetite for risk and a nose for opportunity. But the enduring notion that entrepreneurs are born, and not made, is as full of myth as trite phrases like ‘lightbulb moments’ and ‘ripping up the rulebook.’
(L-R back) Alexander Wang, Neil Blumenthal, Jennifer Hyman, the late Alexander McQueen; (L-R front) Folorunsho Alakija, Jack Ma | Illustration by BoF
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  • Robb Young

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