Business Failure

Leadership

The One Reason Most Small Businesses Fail. And No, It Isn't Money

Both the data and my anecdotal experience over the decades show businesses don't fail for the reasons we always hear. It's something else entirely.

Starting a Business

The Unspoken Truths of Startup Failures — 10 Cautionary Tales That Will Make You Rethink What Success Truly Means

Behind every failed startup lies a story of overlooked pitfalls, unforeseen challenges and hard-earned lessons. Discover the realities entrepreneurs rarely talk about — and how they can pave the way for future success.

Starting a Business

I Teach Aspiring Entrepreneurs Why It's Good to Fail — Here's How to Turn That Failure Into Success

It's important for all entrepreneurs to learn how to accept failure — it happens to everyone. Here's how you can use it to promote success.

Starting a Business

4 Key Strategies to Help Entrepreneurs Cope With Failure

Failure is an inevitable part of entrepreneurship, but how you handle it is most important. Here are four strategies to help you cope with failure and use it as a stepping stone toward your next success.

Growing a Business

4 Core Strategies That Helped Me Turn Setbacks Into Success

Taking your business idea from "what if" to "wow" requires trusting your instincts and embracing the failures.

Growing a Business

8 Steps to Transform Your Failed Business Into a Success Story

If your business is struggling, take the advice here to thoroughly review what's not working and brainstorm new approaches. Reinventing it takes effort, but it could be what turns failure into your future success.

Living

Why Failure Is Crucial in Finding Your True Purpose

This article explores the crucial role of failure in personal growth and self-discovery, emphasizing the importance of embracing setbacks as opportunities for learning, resilience and finding one's true purpose.

Starting a Business

3 Things to Consider Before Your Perfect Business Partner Becomes Your Perfect Disaster

There are many reasons for start-up businesses' high failure rate, including lack of cash, not doing enough research and poor marketing. But this one reason is definitely not getting enough attention.

Leadership

Why You Have to Let People Fail Now So They Can Succeed Later

Letting people fail helps them think critically and make their own decisions.

Thought Leaders

5 Ways to Move Forward After Shutting Down Your Business

Did you have to make the tough decision to close down your business? Here are 5 ways to help you on the journey of recovery from business failure to your new entrepreneurial adventure.

Growing a Business

10 Lessons I Learned From Failing My First Acquisition

Even though my first acquisition went to the grave, these ten lessons prepared me for my next venture.

Growing a Business

3 Cognitive Pitfalls That Are Ruining Your Business — How to Unravel the Biases in Decision-Making

By cultivating awareness and grounding actions in deep research, business leaders can overcome these pitfalls and beat their own brains.

Leadership

What Taylor Swift, Mark Cuban and Michael Jordan Can Teach Us About Embracing Failure

Failure is not a four-letter word; it's a stepping stone to success

Growing a Business

Stop Doubling Down on Your Failing Strategy — Take Control By Taking These Steps Instead.

When a brand's core strategy fails, what's next?

Leadership

5 Common Fears Every Entrepreneur Has to Face — and Conquer

These are five of the most prevalent fears entrepreneurs face and how to conquer them.