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success after failure
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How Failure Sets You Up for Success in Business, According to 6 Top Entrepreneurs
If they’d given up when they got knocked down, these top business founders and advisors in The Oracles wouldn’t be the success stories they are today. Here, they share what they learned and explain how failure helped make them better. I learned to choose a job I love Early in my career, I started a business valuing...
7 Ways To Bounce Back From Your Biggest Setback
Everyone grapples with setbacks and obstacles on the path to success. Sometimes, a breakdown can lead you to a significant breakthrough. Here’s how seven successful entrepreneurs and members of The Oracles overcame a setback to fast-track their ultimate success. StartupNation exclusive discounts and savings on Dell products and accessories: Learn more here Appreciate that failure presents a...
Girls Who Code: Building Opportunities Out of Obstacles
The following is excerpted from "Legacy in the Making" by Mark Miller and Lucas Conley, p.19-26 (McGraw-Hill Education 2018). Reshma Saujani isn’t fazed by failure; she’s inspired by it. The founder of Girls Who Code, a nonprofit on a mission to equip girls with computing skills, and the author of "Women Who Don’t Wait in...
Top 5 Reasons Why Startups Fail (and How You Can Avoid the Same Mistakes)
It goes without saying that every entrepreneur wants their startup to succeed. While starting a business, your passion and drive is often the easy part, while trying to keep your business afloat and heading in the right direction is often more difficult. With high hopes, long term plans and money going into new businesses, it’s...
Stepping Up to the Plate: What Baseball Has Taught Me About Entrepreneurship
Ever since my youth, baseball has been a huge part of my life. Whether watching it on TV, or getting out on the field with my glove in hand, I’ve never been too far from the game. When I got into the working world, I didn’t realize it at the time, but a lifetime of...
7 Ways to Boost Your Content Strategy
If you've been producing content for a while, either on behalf of your business or brand, you might fear that your well of creative ideas is running dry. Yes, it's difficult to be inspired all the time, but the fear of running out of ideas shouldn't be taken too seriously. There is always a new...
5 Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make in the First Year (and How to Avoid Them)
The first year in any business will consist of some mistakes and a steep learning curve. The objective should be to react quickly to pitfalls that pop up along the way, but also to avoid simple mistakes by planning ahead. 5 common mistakes entrepreneurs make during the first year of business, and how to avoid...
5 Components of a Winning Employee Retention Strategy
When your business is in the startup stage, you’re in an ideal position to attract genius talent, and genius talent often comes with an entrepreneurial mindset and little to no fear of failure. Like most entrepreneurs, failure is embraced as an impersonal opportunity to learn. These are the people you want on your team. Talented...
8 Fears All New Entrepreneurs Must Understand and Overcome
Are you familiar with the story of Zeno of Cyprus? Here’s a quick synopsis: a merchant named Zeno lost his wealth when his boat shipwrecked. Shortly after this incident, he took an interest in philosophy, and he originated a new type of philosophy called stoicism. Today, people recognize a stoic person as someone who remains...
7 Secret Weapons to Help You Bounce Back from Business Failure
When you’ve put all your time and energy into a business idea, seeing it fail can be a soul-crushing experience. It’s certainly not uncommon, though, and the rate of business failure gets higher with every year. You have only a 50/50 chance of hitting the five-year mark, and less than one-third of businesses make it...