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"Failure is not a word in my dictionary," says Tony Verb. As intimidating as that sounds, he goes on to explain that "failure is just a type of learning on the way to success." Phew. 

The 33-year-old managing partner of Metta joins four other inspirational Generation T listers in our video presented by IWC Schaffhausen, including Lindsay Jang, founder of Yardbird, Ronin, Sunday's Grocery & Miss Bish; Wesley Ng, founder of Casetify; Laurel Chor, founder of Hong Kong Explorers Initiative and Aaron Lee, founder of Dash Serviced Suites.

Click play to find out what drives these young entrepreneurs to succeed—and prepare to be inspired.