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tenacity

[tuh-nas-i-tee] / təˈnæs ɪ ti /


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This week, Tenacity founder and general partner Ben Narasin on the IPO boom.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

“Live by two words: tenacity and gratitude. Tenacity will get you where you want to go, and gratitude will make you enjoy the journey, no matter how bumpy.”

From Salon • May 16, 2026

Tenacity runs deep in some of the world’s most isolated nations.

From BBC • Sep. 8, 2024

While taking additional classes at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Davis founded and later sold a startup called Tenacity, which aimed to improve employee morale and reduce turnover at customer-service call centers.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 14, 2023

Tenacity of life; resistance to death; love of existence as such; dreads annihilation; loves life, and clings tenaciously to it for its own sake.

From The Illustrated Self-Instructor in Phrenology and Physiology by Fowler, L. N.




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