Pittman: Failures and successes are functionally identical stepping stones
Bob Pittman · Bob Pittman: How I Went from Creator of MTV to CEO of iHeartMedia | 20VC #958 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings · Dec 9, 2022 · at 26:27
Media veteran Bob Pittman reflects on business failures and successes, offering advice on how to evaluate career progress.
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“And I think a failure and a success is exactly the same thing. It's a stepping stone. What we call a failure is one of the stepping stones we make a turn on. We go left to right. And a success is one we goes forward, but all of them are just stepping stones.”
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