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Any regrets? No. Wow! Almost every one said that. Now that I think about it, it's not that surprising. I have had 2 failed product businesses, and looking
by edw519 16y ago
Any regrets? No.
Wow! Almost every one said that.
Now that I think about it, it's not that surprising. I have had 2 failed product businesses, and looking back, I did lose a lot of time and money. But I learned a lot. Both technically and business. Stuff I could have never learned in a regular job.
I have had quite a few good jobs since those days, and I've always done well, both with the work and the rewards. I attribute my success to those failures.
Failing with a startup often teaches more than succeeding as an employee. You may lose time and money, but the other dividends may make it all worthwhile anyway.
- myth_drannon 16y agoThat's how our mind works, it's very difficult to admit complete failure. You will always come with some reason to feel better , I guess it's for the better :) "It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." - Theodore Roosevelt
- madebylaw 16y agoGreat TED talk in the same vein: http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_gilbert_asks_why_are_we_happy.html http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_gilbert_asks_why_are_we_happy.h...