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Failure is useless if you can’t learn.

February 7, 2013 by Justin Thiele Leave a Comment

In startups, we wear failure like a badge of honor. It represents a swing of the bat that ultimately didn’t work out, but where lessons were learned. Lessons that make you stronger, shape your thinking and your next thing. Unfortunately, “lessons were learned” is a big assumption. Lessons are often not learned. Arrogance gets in … [Read more…]

Posted in: Startup Life Tagged: failure, lean startups, learning, startups
Justin Thiele

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