Why founders fail, despite being good at coding and high IQ

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JohnFen · 1d ago

It's in part because being good at coding and/or having a "high IQ" aren't what is needed to be good at business, and in part because having the attributes needed to be good at business is nowhere near a guarantee that any given venture will be successful.

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Why founders fail, despite being good at coding and high IQ

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