Re:Fouling Out and Moving On (re: Notifo Shutdown)
by fbnt on Friday September 09, 2011 @04:58AM
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Same here. He's rightfully going to be treated as an experienced individual, whereas in my country you'd have an "I'm a failure" sign tattooed on your forehead by now, with nobody willing to do business with you again. This is what makes SV great.
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Re:Fouling Out and Moving On (re: Notifo Shutdown)
by hessenwolf on Friday September 09, 2011 @07:45AM
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Had a really interesting discussion group yesterday with the CEO (several billion a year revenue company) about the difference in attitude to planning and fear of failure in the English-speaking world versus Germany.
In English, if I want to get two things done, I aim for 5, hit three, and happily fail humiliatingly on my other two goals. In Germany, 'a plan is a promise', and anything you publically disclose absolutely must be completed.