A founder talks about why she decided to go public with her failure, and what happened when she did. By Karen X. Cheng (Co-founder, 100) Why is this news? Well, it’s not supposed to be. News is when so-and-so raised a $15 million round from Sequoia-this or...
A completely personal, highly unscientific test to predict if you or someone you know is right for the startup life. By Miki Johnson (Former co-founder, Parsecco) I’m excited to be speaking at FailCon in October, a conference of startup founders sharing their...
It’s a good discipline to look failure in the face, to study it, to spend time living in that place of losing. So you can make different choices. But also so that when it comes, you can get through it. By Hunter Lovins (President, Natural Capitalism Solutions) Been...
A new report highlights the global confidence gap between women entrepreneurs and their male counterparts. How can we close it? By Jessica Stillman (Editor, Women 2.0) Failure, prospective founders are repeatedly told, is a natural part of the entrepreneurship game...
To be a successful startup founder you need to learn to take a tumble and get back up again. Here’s how. By Jessica Bishop (Founder, Klink Mobile) I fall down. A lot. But, in the process of founding two companies, I’ve learned a little secret: If you want...
