Submitted by Michael Anders (not verified) on Mon, 10/09/2006 - 6:47pm.
I like your posting on failure. I think people don't give enough credit to those WHO DO FAIL. I've always have looked to history as a teacher, and the best entrepreneurs are the ones who have often fallen on their asses. If you need an example, look at Henry Ford.
Now as for myself, I figure I will get my failure out of the way early. I'm 19 and have started a business, which alone means I'm probably destined to fail. Second, the business that I'm starting I have a great passion for, but I don't all the necessary industry contacts. I have started an online business financing brokerage to help other small and medium-sized business to find capital. Yah, most people wouldn't even dare to start a business in that industry without atleast being over 30! Yah, I'm probably doubly destined to failure.
Now for the silver lining... Even if I do failure, which I probably will, that's ok. It's better to get my first entrepreneurial failures out of the way now at 19 rather than at 30. Secondly, I wouldn't take back a single day of my life as an entrepreneur. I know that these days and these failures are what make me strong. And I know that rather I fall down 1000 times, I'm gonna get up 1001. Failure is the greatest teacher in life, and I embrace!
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I like your posting on failure. I think people don't give enough credit to those WHO DO FAIL. I've always have looked to history as a teacher, and the best entrepreneurs are the ones who have often fallen on their asses. If you need an example, look at Henry Ford.
Now as for myself, I figure I will get my failure out of the way early. I'm 19 and have started a business, which alone means I'm probably destined to fail. Second, the business that I'm starting I have a great passion for, but I don't all the necessary industry contacts. I have started an online business financing brokerage to help other small and medium-sized business to find capital. Yah, most people wouldn't even dare to start a business in that industry without atleast being over 30! Yah, I'm probably doubly destined to failure.
Now for the silver lining... Even if I do failure, which I probably will, that's ok. It's better to get my first entrepreneurial failures out of the way now at 19 rather than at 30. Secondly, I wouldn't take back a single day of my life as an entrepreneur. I know that these days and these failures are what make me strong. And I know that rather I fall down 1000 times, I'm gonna get up 1001. Failure is the greatest teacher in life, and I embrace!