Having just shuttered my startup, I have to weigh in and say I agree with you. The part that folks don’t realize is that what you describe is a choice.

Failure isn’t easy to deal with. Shutting down my company sucked. It was a demoralizing and frustrating process. We didn’t raise millions, but friends and family had invested. Not to mention local service providers that I was unable to pay. All small amounts, but that’s not the way I like to do business.

This isn’t the first time I’ve gotten kicked in the teeth, and it may not be the last. But does that mean I’ll just give up on being an entrepreneur and get a 9-5 job in a big company? Absolutely not.

I _choose_ to go back at it. I may need a paycheck for a little while, but sooner or later I’ll start another company. Like you said, it’s a process…and one you can learn from if you choose to.

Having just shuttered my startup, I have to weigh in and say I agree with you. The part that folks don’t realize is that what you describe is a choice.

Failure isn’t easy to deal with. Shutting down my company sucked. It was a demoralizing and frustrating process. We didn’t raise millions, but friends and family had invested. Not to mention local service providers that I was unable to pay. All small amounts, but that’s not the way I like to do business.

This isn’t the first time I’ve gotten kicked in the teeth, and it may not be the last. But does that mean I’ll just give up on being an entrepreneur and get a 9-5 job in a big company? Absolutely not.

I _choose_ to go back at it. I may need a paycheck for a little while, but sooner or later I’ll start another company. Like you said, it’s a process…and one you can learn from if you choose to.

I suggest you re-read my post. The mind set you describe is exactly the one that most people have. And its why most people will not be successful. The fear that failure is a destination retards real risk taking and will leave you just short of what you define to be true success.

Even the failure of the companies is not a end. No one died. No one was unable to continue on. a business ended. A 1000 do every day. businesses closing shop is not failure. Business people becoming conservative and lost because of the failure.

There is no degree of failure. You fail or you succeed. No middle ground. Thats the talk of fear.

Let me repeat: there is a reason there are so few truly successful people. Most people fear failure, and see it as insurmountable.

Love to fail; strive to succeed.

I suggest you re-read my post. The mind set you describe is exactly the one that most people have. And its why most people will not be successful. The fear that failure is a destination retards real risk taking and will leave you just short of what you define to be true success.

Even the failure of the companies is not a end. No one died. No one was unable to continue on. a business ended. A 1000 do every day. businesses closing shop is not failure. Business people becoming conservative and lost because of the failure.

There is no degree of failure. You fail or you succeed. No middle ground. Thats the talk of fear.

Let me repeat: there is a reason there are so few truly successful people. Most people fear failure, and see it as insurmountable.

Love to fail; strive to succeed.