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Do you read business blogs where the author has failed three times without success? Am I the only one who regularly reads blog posts by an entrepreneur analysi
by swombat 17y ago
Do you read business blogs where the author has failed three times without success?
Am I the only one who regularly reads blog posts by an entrepreneur analysing how he's failed and what he would do differently next time? They pop up on HN quite often.
- BrandonWatson 17y agoAre you talking about www.thefailingpoint.com? That's me, and I am happy to share my experiences. They have been in the massive up and down times. Success and failure. I find it therapeutic to write, and since my old engineering team is in Y!Combinator this summer, I got the religion about sharing what I know. They asked me for a compendium of all the stupid mistakes I had made so that they wouldn't make them. =) I joked it was too much work, but it turns out that it makes for some good essays, and I really hope to turn it into a published work. For now, I am posting all the essays online for all to read for free. Chapter 1 and 2 are almost fully posted. Please send feedback.
- gommm 17y agoYes and I love reading those... They are usually much more interesting and insightful
- smartbear 17y agoI admit an amount of hyperbole when I implied that you NEVER read such blogs, and of course it's good that you do! In general I think it's fair to say that the more popular blogs and books about startups talk about successes rather than failures, so I'll defend my general point. I did take some license in how I stated it, and thanks for pointing out that it's too harsh and that there ARE good sources of info like that.