Entrepreneurship

A reader (thanks Austin) sent me two great failure links today.  The first is from BoingBoing and is titled J.K. Rowling on the power of failure.  It’s an excellent short

If you are an entrepreneur, I expect you’ve shouted this (or at least thought it ) sometime during your time on this planet.  My partner, and ex-lawyer, Jason Mendelson has

Yes – I’m back from vacation.  But you probably figured that out already.  The next six weeks are pretty intense ones for me in my annual rhythm of things –

Great, inspiring video on failure. (thanks Scott).

I just finished reading Bounce!: Failure, Resiliency, and Confidence to Achieve Your Next Great Success by Barry Moltz.  I think Barry was originally introduced to me by Matt McCall, one

I was in a meeting with one of our new portfolio companies today.  In response to a non-obvious question, the CEO said "I don’t know is the answer to your

Rejection isn’t failure.  I’ve been back from vacation for five days (including the weekend) and I’ve send out around 100 50 (if felt like 100, but I went back and

As I sit here in the San Francisco International Airport (they announce that so proudly over the PA when they tell me that the thread condition is orange every few

From Adam Smith at Square 1 Bank on how NOT to pitch your company to a VC. The full segment is below. There is a philosophy that "all you need

I haven’t written much in the Failure series lately, but I’ve got a doozy or two coming soon.  In the mean time, Chip Griffin has a good post up titled