Startup Failure Experiences

"I was driving a startup venture that failed..." ought to do it.

Congratulations. You built an end-to-end product that you sold for money. This is probably more than 99% of programmers have ever done. In many ways you are succeeding.Be flexible. Your determination, focus, and drive allowed you to power through on a project that you are now recognizing in hindsight might not have been the best option. Changing targets isn’t quitting, it’s counter-attacking.You are only 30. So many opportunities to keep swinging. All it takes is one hit. Be adapta

You need to stop focusing on the goal and start focusing on the journey.If there ever was a cliché that's it but at the same time it really is true."Having your own successful company" is not what is important. Setting yourself small goals and then reaching them are.If you didn't die your gamble didn't backfire. It just gave you one thing that most people lack. Experience with what it means to be responsible for your own faith.. That's never going to be a bad thing.Next time take one

hey man. you did great. you have it a shot. it didn’t work out.at least you’ll never wonder “what if i tried to do a startup”you only live once.cheers. hold your head up high and ignore the armchair critics

I was in a situation like this at some point. I wrote the following blog post from a now deleted blog:"You only need oneFlash back to early 2008, it was the end of my first interview after deciding to move on from my first start up, www.virtualstocktrading.com. I was fairly demoralized from what I had perceived as the failure of my first start-up(looking back I was actually ramen noodles profitable-- I wasn‘t aware of the terminology at the time) so much so that I express my disappoi

I quit my job and am excited about a Failing Startup

It is really difficult to look into the tea leaves and find an answer to why things happen.After spending the entirety of my twenties working on failed startup after failed startup I finally reached something that actually is turning a profit.Now that I'm well past my twenties I no longer have interest in working those extreme hours but I'm not sure if I would have had enough experience to make some of the decisions I do today had I not invested all that time in failed businesses. It's a c

First off, you should hold your head high for the things that you have already accomplished. As for it not working out, welcome to the real world. You can either let that eat away at you, or you can get back on the horse. My first venture failed and I took about 1-2 weeks as a mini-mind vacation but then I immediately started brainstorming for what my next project was going to be. Failing is inevitable. It's what you can accomplish through the failure that is the true question. Identify the mist

You are not defined by what happened in your past. Every single day of your life, you get to choose your course. You can wallow in self pity and tell yourself "I'm a loser and I suck" or you can gird your loins, suck your gut in and attack something else. That doesn't mean you have to jump into another startup right away (as a founder anyway), but you can choose to apply yourself, make a plan and work on establishing the life you want to live.And remember the old

I quit my job during the last recession to do a startup (which ultimately failed). A lot of people thought I was crazy, but in hindsight it was the right move, as I learned a lot of things that I was able to parlay into a 2nd startup.