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Inspired by Founders, Read.Build.Succeed distils lessons from history’s greatest creators for founders and operators.

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3G Capital: Culture, Cost, and the Limits of Concentration

In 1971, three young Brazilians started a brokerage in Rio de Janeiro with no inherited wealth, no guaranteed clients, and no safety net. What they had was a simple belief: hire the best people, give them ownership, run lean, and wait. Their names were Jorge Paulo Lemann, Marcel Telles, and Beto Sicupira...

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#01Patrice Motsepe: The Suitcase Man

No family wealth, no safety net — just a law degree and a briefcase. How Patrice Motsepe built one of South Africa's most diversified business empires.

12 May 202654:42

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