Many of the incidents we see as failure are not failures but something else – something positive, even. When you reframe failure as part of your success story, then there is no failure. Here are positive ways to look at failure.
(Success) — The sweetest victory is the one that’s most difficult. The one that requires you to reach down deep inside, to fight with everything you’ve got, to be willing to leave everything out there on the battlefield—without knowing, until that do-or-die moment, if your heroic effort will be enough. Society doesn’t reward defeat, and […]
(New York TImes) — I get asked this question fairly often, and my usual answer is a polite, “Fine!” I don’t like to bore people with the details of my travails, but I’ve been asked to provide a more thorough answer for my readers, so here goes. How’s business? Don’t ask me that. It doesn’t mean […]
(Read Write Web) — 2010 is over half over, which makes it a good time to reflect on the year so far and revise your startup’s plans – if necessary, of course – for the year ahead. Are you on target? Have your targets changed? And if so, have you adjusted course to compensate? Mark MacLeod […]
(Read Write Web) — From time to time, it makes sense to step back and take a look at real stories about businesses that have transformed aspects of its IT infrastructure. It’s a rare feat as changing your mindset is the only way to fundamental change.That usually only happens when the failure is so overwhelming that […]
(Forbes) — If you want to know who got the upper hand when it comes to the financial reform bill, follow the money. Bank stocks are currently trading higher and financials are outperforming all other sectors. As package Bove, a high-profile analyst that covers Wall Street, put it, “I think I would be buying bank […]
(Forbes) — They came, they saw, they accomplished nothing. The leaders of the G-20, representatives of the world’s largest economies, convened in Toronto over the weekend. They need not have bothered. By the time they closed the meeting Sunday, it was clear the grouping had come up short once again. Read More…
(Financial Times) — n the early days of EasyJet , an agitated customer telephoned the UK-based airline and demanded to speak to Stelios Haji-Ioannou, the founder. The customer explained that he had booked his honeymoon flights on the airline some months before, but the wedding was now off. Mr Haji-Ioannou said that EasyJet had a […]
(Jonathan Fields) — 1. Failure to evolve. Markets change over time. People’s needs change over time. One of the biggest problems that I see with entrepreneurs and small businesses is that they start the business based on a single solution, or set of solutions, products or services, that satisfy one particular need or pain point in […]
(CNN) –If you’re a frequent Twitter user, you’ve probably noticed that the microblogging site has been crashing repeatedly this week. Twitter says on its Status Blog that these “site availability issues” were caused by a problem with networking equipment. “This networking error prevented us from serving at full capacity,” Twitter said Wednesday afternoon. Read More…
(WorkBloom) — America has always been a beacon of entrepreneurialism because it is so deeply rooted in our history. Our country was founded and then settled by innovators willing to sacrifice old certainties for new opportunities. The people who came to America a few hundred years ago looking for a better life were risk takers […]
(CNN Money) — It might seem that the banking sector’s bailout saga is nearing its close, leaving room to focus on other catastrophes like the European debt crisis or the Gulf oil spill, but some small banks across the country that benefited from TARP are still struggling to stay afloat, and many more will likely […]