Introduction
Confessions of an optimist.

Confessions of an optimist.

I have been on the wrong side of early and failed.

I have connected dots that weren’t even dots, and failed.

I have backed people who I trusted 100%, and failed.

And yet.

I have been on the wrong side of early and succeeded.

I have connected dots that weren’t even dots, and succeeded.

I have backed people who I trusted 100% and succeeded.

Optimism does not have a perfect track record.

But it sure makes the ride more fun.

‘There’s no happy destination without a happy journey.’

David Hieatt
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David Hieatt

Bankrupt at 16. Thrown out of college at 18. Joined Saatchi + Saatchi at 21. Started howies in 1995. Sold it to Timberland. Left. Started The Do Lectures. Started Hiut Denim Co.

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