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9 successful entrepreneurs share their best career advice

JILLIAN D'ONFROJan 27, 2016, 07:35 IST

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When Chris LoPresti decided that he wanted to launch a startup, the first thing he did was reach out to a bunch of other Yale alumni entrepreneurs for advice.

To his surprise, he recieved a veritable flood of tips, tricks, and words of wisdom.

LoPresti gathered all the suggestions together to publish a book called "Insights," for which he's donating all proceeds to other young entrepreneurs.

We got permission to publish some illustrations and excerpts from the guide here.

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