Category: Failure

• Great post on what people don’t like sharing: failure and survivors

  I read all Mark Suster’s posts and I recommend you do too. Mark stands out for me as he is well “traveled” in all respects of the word: in life, in business, and in investing. This makes his perspectives quite unique in the US VC ecosystem and also, I think he is much less worried…

  July 31, 2015

• Great videos on "failing" from my friends at Stanford

  Stanford have an amazing program every year for their students called e-week (entrepreneur) and have created some excellent resources. One of these is a range of great videos you can find on their web site for their Imagine It Project. Some incredibly successful people have the ability to talk usefully about failure. See what they…

  August 10, 2008

• The opposite of persistence, the no.1 trait of successful entrepreneurs

  I keep banging on about persistence and how it’s so, so, so important to be successful in the world of the entrepreneur that I thought I would try and find some additional advice that helps counter this advice! I found inspiration in the brilliant Marc Andreeson’s blog commenting on Charlie Munger [an 80-something billionaire who…

  August 3, 2008

• The Top 10 mistakes Entrepreneurs can make

  1. Getting wedded to an idea and sticking with it too long. Don’t marry a single idea. Remember, ideas are the currency of entrepreneurs. Play with many ideas and see which ones bring money and success. 2. Trying to be something other than an entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs are entrepreneurs. You’ll give yourself a hernia if you…

  March 21, 2008

• The key to entrepreneurial success is failure

  As you may be able to tell from the top of this blog I am a fan of Winston Churchill. He is a man who illustrates the need for perseverance more than any other and look what he achieved in his life time. In fact, over his whole life Churchill had to cope with setbacks,…

  January 13, 2008