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32 Business and Life Lessons: What I Learned Running Companies on 4 Different Continents

ConversionXL

I had been doing B2B sales for several years, and I was really good at it. I decided to use the opportunity and bought a one-way ticket to Panama – I wanted to learn Spanish. I had received my first salary, moved into a colonial house in Panama City Casco Viejo district next to the Pacific Ocean. Losing the job.

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Startups: It’s not Thelma & Louise

Austin Startup

There was also that gutsy couple of years I decided to sail to Panama.) 02 on that: It’s totally understandable for people to invest in what they understand! and even he, too, admitted the trap of “ hustle porn ” vs. the wisdom to walk away. Throughout my career I’ve chosen many uphill battles, winning many, and losing, too.