Re:Embrace your startup failure – the faster you fail, the b...
by messel on Wednesday October 07, 2009 @08:59AM
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Failure is not an option, as in "Never give up, never surrender?" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bI5hi4c4y9k
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Re:Embrace your startup failure – the faster you fail, the b...
by edw519 on Wednesday October 07, 2009 @09:12AM
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I'm at work, so I can't access your link. I don't know what you were getting at.
I do know that if you think that failure is an option, the probability that you use that option increases dramatically. I'm not trying to use some new age self-help B.S. (well maybe just a little), I'm just suggesting that "state of mind" is critical when taking on difficult projects. Almost everyone I know who has accomplished anything big (including myself) had many opportunities to quit. Failure would have been easy. In fact, for a lot of software projects, there are many times when the whole thing looks hopeless, often right before a great demo or big sale.
I didn't care for OP's easy embrace of "failure" and tried to describe why. I hope that's what came across.