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Undefeated Motivation

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"On starting Apple with Steve Wozniak: We worked hard, and in 10 years Apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a 2 billion company with over 4000 employees." -Steve Jobs -Undefeated Motivation
Steve Jobs 

“On starting Apple with Steve Wozniak: We worked hard, and in 10 years Apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a 2 billion company with over 4000 employees.” -Steve Jobs

“On starting Apple with Steve Wozniak: We worked hard, and in 10 years Apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a 2 billion company with over 4000 employees.” -Steve Jobs

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“Starting a business is not for everyone. Starting a business – I’d say, number one is have a high pain threshold.” -Elon Musk
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“You gotta act. And you’ve gotta be willing to fail, you gotta be ready to crash and burn, with people on the phone, with starting a company, with whatever. If you’re afraid of failing, you won’t get very far.” -Steve Jobs
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