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William Cohan on Turning Setbacks into Success with the Power of Persistence
In this episode, you will learn:
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William Cohan pulled out all the stops to get the Wall Street Journal to hire him, including getting an MBA, but they just wouldn’t. So he turned to corporate America.
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After nearly two decades as an investment banker, he got kicked out of Wall Street, forcing him to pivot again.
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William shares the incredible story of how he went from broke, award-winning journalist to investment banker to bestselling author.
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He is a prolific author and founding partner of Puck, a daily digital news and opinion publication focused on business. His first book, The Last Tycoons, won the 2007 Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award.
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