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Stick to Your Knitting
The failure filter Jeremy built after nearly losing everything.
How it works
- 1Jeremy lost nearly everything on an outdoor clothing shop inspired by the Denver REI.
- 2Lesson: passion for a business is not the same as tools for a business.
- 3Inventory your actual toolkit before you commit capital.
- 4Failure is tuition, but only if you extract the lesson.
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