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Lessons from Inside the Box: How I went from Manufacturing Employee to Startup Founder

Lessons from Inside the Box: How I went from Manufacturing Employee to Startup Founder

08/24/17 | Founders

Thankful for the Box “To truly innovate and think outside the box in your business, you have to understand the box. And to really understand the box, you have to have lived in the box for a while. ” I owe much of my current success as an entrepreneur to my...

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