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Disruption is about risk-taking. But then you become a Fortune 500 company, which is about risk mitigation

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Steve Case
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: August 21
Businessperson
Chief Executive Officer
Entrepreneur
Honolulu
Hawaii
Stephen McConnell Steve Case
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