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Description
TLC's CrazySexyCool sold over 10 million copies, and a year later all three women filed for bankruptcy. Alexey Pajitnov built Tetris and earned nothing from it for about 12 years.
Featuring: Tionne Watkins, Lisa Lopes, Rozonda Thomas, Perri Reid, Alexey Pajitnov, Dan Ackerman, Warren Buffett
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Chapters:
(00:00) Warren Buffett's Leaking Boat
(00:10) Position, Luck and Hard Work
(00:17) TLC and CrazySexyCool
(00:46) TLC's 1% and the Bankruptcy
(01:17) Alexey Pajitnov and Tetris
(01:53) Hard Work From a Weak Position
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