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How to Survive a Very Public Failure - Moses Babatope

Tosin Taiwo
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In 2014, Moses Babatope stood in a room full of Nigeria's most distinguished guests for the premiere of Half of a Yellow Sun. He was the man responsible. From the first frame to the last, the picture was pixelated and the sound was muffled. He wanted to disappear. He never spoke about it publicly. Until now. In this episode of Growth Through Failure, Moses, Co-founder of Filmhouse Group and CEO of Nile Media Entertainment Group, shares what that night taught him about accountability, resilience, and how surviving your worst professional moment can become the foundation of everything you build after. TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Intro 01:32 The Failure Story 05:12 What Emotions Were You Feeling? 06:01 What Were Your Strategies 08:40 Three Key Takeaways 11:28 Rapid Fire Questions ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ABOUT GROWTH THROUGH FAILURE: Conversations with leaders who turned setbacks into comebacks. Real stories of resilience, reinvention, and growth. New episodes every other Wednesday. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔔 Subscribe: http://bit.ly/3WYkMTO 📧 Newsletter: https://www.tosinataiwo.com/#subscribe 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tosinataiwo/ 🐦 X/Twitter: https://x.com/tosinataiwo

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