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Your goal over time is to use less red ink every day.

Keith Rabois

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Keith Rabois
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: March 17
Businessperson
Executive Management
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Edison Township
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As the company scales, everybody is not going to get invited to every single meeting, but they're gonna want to go to every meeting.
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