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I found that rather than read about data sets and the above mentioned conclusions I was far more interested in content that focused on "with hindsight, I would have rather done x". I was also interested in the misery loves company concept – since I have failed I'd rather read about other failures, than read about the guy (or the firm) that made it.

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Five years ago started working on a pet project on new venture failure. Started off with a review of literature and found that there were academic papers that focused on papers but their results and insights were "trivial". As in you failed because you had insufficient capital, or didn't generate enough sales, or weren't able to collect on bills, or didn't have enough experience and so on.

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That's where our lessons come from, our character, our…umm…testicular fortitude. We all know this intellectually. The problem is we still interpret the subjective experience as "bad" when we're in the midst of it;

By: George Morris

George Morris — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 22:30:18 +0000

Here you go, we’ve decided to start a new series on our blog just about our failures.

http://www.imulus.com/blog/index.php/2006/12/06/learning-from-failures-transitioning-sites/

Enjoy

By: Brian Berliner

Brian Berliner — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 05:35:52 +0000

Hi Brad,

I posted a related article to my blog titled “Search and Rescue, Death, and Failed Startups”. You can find it at:

http://www.brianberliner.com/2006/09/05/search-and-rescue-death-and-failed-startups/

What I learned doing Search and Rescue in Colorado and how analyzing Accidents in the outdoors can relate to startup failures. I hope you find it enjoyable.

-Brian

By: Steve Farber

Steve Farber — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 22:24:45 +0000

Every business book that you pick up (including mine) will tell you how important failure is. That’s where our lessons come from, our character, our…umm…testicular fortitude. We all know this intellectually. The problem is we still interpret the subjective experience as “bad” when we’re in the midst of it; therefore, we have to start by “re-framing” the experience of failure as a good sign–a sign that, ultimately, we’re moving in the right direction, not the wrong one.

By: Jawwad

Jawwad — Sun, 02 Jul 2006 20:05:45 +0000

Brad

Five years ago started working on a pet project on new venture failure. Started off with a review of literature and found that there were academic papers that focused on papers but their results and insights were “trivial”. As in you failed because you had insufficient capital, or didn’t generate enough sales, or weren’t able to collect on bills, or didn’t have enough experience and so on.

I found that rather than read about data sets and the above mentioned conclusions I was far more interested in content that focused on “with hindsight, I would have rather done x”. I was also interested in the misery loves company concept – since I have failed I’d rather read about other failures, than read about the guy (or the firm) that made it.

In the last five years, writing about my failures has been the best possible therapy (free or paid for) I could have managed for myself. Best of luck and I hope you have as much fun (http://bluescreen.alchemya.com) as I have had.