How many times are you willing to fail to succeed? Apoorva Mehta endured over 20 failed startups before starting Instacart – and today, 5 years later, he has just raised $400 million, valuing Instacart at $3.4 billion.

After leaving a job at Amazon, in 2010 Apoorva decided to try his own hand as an entrepreneur. But it wasn’t easy going. He tried creating an ad network for gaming. It failed. He tried a Groupon for food. It failed. He tried building a social network for lawyers. It failed.

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