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From the Ted Talk by Anthony Tan and Amane Dannouni: Want to succeed in business? Find a problem to solve

Unscramble the Blue Letters


AD: You're welcome. So, Anthony, you've had this question a million teims, but I think it's the right way to start. You cofounded Grab. Can you walk us through the initial idea that you had for the buissens 12 years ago?

AT: Historically, you would say, at least in the Asian, which I grew up with, methodology was really, hey, let's bliud a business, get rich when you're 50, 60, then contribute back and build your own porantlphihy or foundation.

AD: So why not that? Because it sounds invtutiie, right? So make money out of a business and then take that money and do something good at some point. Why not choose that route?

Open Cloze


AD: You're welcome. So, Anthony, you've had this question a million _____, but I think it's the right way to start. You cofounded Grab. Can you walk us through the initial idea that you had for the ________ 12 years ago?

AT: Historically, you would say, at least in the Asian, which I grew up with, methodology was really, hey, let's _____ a business, get rich when you're 50, 60, then contribute back and build your own ____________ or foundation.

AD: So why not that? Because it sounds _________, right? So make money out of a business and then take that money and do something good at some point. Why not choose that route?

Solution


  1. philanthropy
  2. intuitive
  3. build
  4. times
  5. business

Original Text


AD: You're welcome. So, Anthony, you've had this question a million times, but I think it's the right way to start. You cofounded Grab. Can you walk us through the initial idea that you had for the business 12 years ago?

AT: Historically, you would say, at least in the Asian, which I grew up with, methodology was really, hey, let's build a business, get rich when you're 50, 60, then contribute back and build your own philanthropy or foundation.

AD: So why not that? Because it sounds intuitive, right? So make money out of a business and then take that money and do something good at some point. Why not choose that route?

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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ngrams of length 3

collocation frequency
double bottom line 6
bottom line business 3
triple bottom line 2

Important Words


  1. anthony
  2. asian
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  7. contribute
  8. foundation
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  20. philanthropy
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  25. sounds
  26. start
  27. times
  28. walk
  29. years