Marc Lore: Never take risks on core values, only with capital
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Marc Lore, founder of Jet.com and Quidsi, speaks with 20VC host Harry Stebbings about managing risk and maintaining personal values as wealth increases.
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“I don't think you take risk on values. So I think you need to be really grounded, know what your values are, what your core values, and never deviate, and even live them when they're hard. I think that Sometimes it's hard, but that means you're living your values. So I would never take risk with values, but with money and other things, it's the same thing. It's okay to fail.”
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