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If you're doing something new you've got to have a vision. You've got to have a perspective. You've got to have some north star you're aiming for, and you just believe somehow you'll get there, which kind of gets to the passion point.
Steve Case
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Steve Case
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: August 21
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Honolulu
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