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So my degree was in political science, which I think was - the closest I could come to marketing is politics.

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Steve Case
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: August 21
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You have to get along with people, but you also have to recognize that the strength of a team is different people with different perspectives and different personalities.
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I was not an outstanding student. I did a reasonable amount of work. I got generally good - pretty good grades, but I was not that passionate about getting straight A's.
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Nowadays people seem to switch schools, either because they have to, and certain schools only serve certain grades, or because they move to a different place or have some particular interest, but I was in the same school for 13 years
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