Why this 27-year-old is happy she worked a corporate job before starting her $1 billion business

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"Everybody was solving for access to the internet, but what about everything else that goes on before you actually sell the product?" Bose continued, listing common hurdles for retailers, such as procurement, design and financing.Zilingo's senior management team, including co-founder and CEO Ankiti Bose .Four years on, Bose has retained that keen sense of observation. She says she continues to watch the industry and her competitors closely, in order to stay ahead of the curve.

"I think every three or four months, I learn a new thing that I had no idea was happening," said Bose. "There's a new company, there's a new 23-year-old version of Ankiti that's trying to change things, and I'm absolutely paranoid about that. I think that's what I'm scared of the most."

 

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