“He was optimistic, as most good entrepreneurs are,” recalls Peter Walters, who, before retiring, served as Guardian’s group vice president for international business development. “Entrepreneurs see things as having good outcomes — as opposed to the conservative finance people who would ask, ‘What would happen if the world comes to an end? Would we still be successful?’
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