And what my colleagues and I have found is that they all grow out of one key truth: The world does not always have to be as it is today.

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But on the other hand, Barack Obama has said one key thing that I think is really working with younger women, 'cause you have a lot of women, a little old, a little more mature women, that are, you know, they are stuck in their ways.

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As I look back on all of the ventures I have watched, heard of, read about or participated in, one common entrepreneurial trait keeps showing up as the key to success (or failure): That trait is TENACITY (or lack thereof).

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