{"id":77965,"date":"2015-11-25T12:49:50","date_gmt":"2015-11-25T10:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=77965"},"modified":"2015-11-25T12:49:50","modified_gmt":"2015-11-25T10:49:50","slug":"alex-blumberg-your-best-selling-points-are-the-mistakes-youve-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=77965","title":{"rendered":"Alex Blumberg: Your Best Selling Points Are the Mistakes You&#8217;ve Made"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/130883095\" width=\"922\" height=\"519\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"Alex Blumberg: Your Best Selling Points Are the Mistakes You&#039;ve Made\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nStartups often have &#8220;creation myths&#8221; about their early days. But real life is much messier than that. 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