“I figured that I wasn't as smart or talented as the other kids around, so I just had to work twice as hard. Surprisingly, results showed quickly. I was hooked!”

— Philippe Kahn

On what it takes to keep on building company after company and innovating, fire-chat with Stewart Alsop, Agenda Conference.

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