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Bill Oechsler runs Xler Marketing and Brand Consultancy, teaches an online MBA course through West Virginia University and is president of Oklahoma-based nonprofit EthnoGraphic Media.

Learning life lessons from missteps, and failure

Jake Himmelspach

Published: November 23, 2009

Bill Oechsler credits his wife, Stacy, with helping him make good life and career decisions.
In 1987, Bill Oechsler found himself without a job and wondering what to do next.

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