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A few notes regarding failures (because I think the linked quora post didn't do justice): - Bill Gates and Paul Allen's first venture was Traf-O-Data, attempti
by sheetjs 13y ago
A few notes regarding failures (because I think the linked quora post didn't do justice):
- Bill Gates and Paul Allen's first venture was Traf-O-Data, attempting to process traffic data. They built machines as part of this. On their "demo day", their machines didn't work. Eventually, Washington State obviated their business and they moved on to form Microsoft
- RH Macy failed seven times before founding the biggest department store in the world (I wish the number 7 was included in the response)
- Akio Morita's first product was a rice cooker, which was a self-described "memorable failure", selling less than 100 units. He then partnered with Masaru Ibuka to form Sony
- city41 13y agoScott Adams champions "fail till you succeed" quite a bit. He's had a string of interesting failures too (listed out at the bottom): http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304626104579121813075903866 http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB1000142405270230462610...
- bruceb 13y agoThere was a guy who failed 10 times...and never made it. I don't who he is because he didn't make it. Sometimes if you fail a bunch it really is time to pack it up and get a steady job.
- asenna 13y agoI don't think so. You never know, he could have been successful in his 12th attempt but how could he have known if he did not try. That's the thing about success. You know its there, you just don't know how many tries it would take you to get there.