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A self-made success? Let’s kill that myth

How community and kinship breads the world’s highest-potential entrepreneurs.

04/28/2017

PBS News Hour

A self-made success? Let’s kill that myth

Clip: 4/28/2017 | 3m 12s

How community and kinship breads the world’s highest-potential entrepreneurs.

One of the core tenants of the American Dream is the belief that individuals from all walks of life can make it big. Millionaire tech entrepreneur Jason Ford has done just that, but believes he and other successful people end up receiving a lot of help they often do not acknowledge. Ford gives his humble opinion on how community, race and privilege make a difference in whether we get to the top.

04/28/2017

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