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“Entrepreneurs don't really make mistakes, though. We just make decisions that seem right at the time, but which sometimes turn out to have been the wrong path to take. For example, we allowed a buyer to place a huge opening order and later had to take some product back. We didn't have our sell-through programs in place, so in hindsight, it would have been wiser to sell in less product at the outset. The scary thing is you are always making decisions without knowing the future.”

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Tom Szaky, born on January 14, 1982, is an influential entrepreneur in the field of environmental protection. He is known for his company Terracycle's innovative recycling projects, which aim to address the global plastic pollution issue. more

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