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Business News

Dear Brit: ‘I’m Freaked Out by Failure!’

In her advice column for 'Entrepreneur,' Brit Morin offers up close and personal thoughts on dealing with failure, the pros and cons of co-founders, and why you should actually be taking that whole self-care thing seriously.

By Brit Morin

Business News

Why Failure is Necessary in Order to Succeed as an Entrepreneur

By Steve Murphy

Building a Business

How to Diagnose Failure to Achieve Success

By Ben Angel

Thought Leaders

Time to Reinvent: 5 Tips for Boosting Creativity and Innovation

By Britt Andreatta

Thought Leaders

Want to Lead a Tribe of Winners? Share Your Epic Fails!

A curious statistical study has proven that in order to succeed we should be learning from those who did not.

By Natasha Zo

Thought Leaders

How Steve Jobs Turned Setbacks Into Success

His story serves as a reminder that disasters also make the eventual triumph sweeter.

By Richard Koch

Business Ideas

6 Giant Companies That Nearly Flopped

Apple, Google, Tesla, and more were not obvious winners at first. Here's what nearly took them down.

By Jason Feifer

Building a Business

How to Reinvent Yourself During a Crisis

Lessons from Mikki Williams who has survived two major tragedies and is an object lesson in endurance.

By Wendy Marx

Business News

Quibi Is Shutting Down After 6 Disappointing Months

Like its content, Quibi's time in the spotlight was brief. 'Quibi is not succeeding,' founder Jeffery Katzenberg and CEO Meg Whitman acknowledged today.

By Michael Kan

Building a Business

7 Common Entrepreneurial Traps

When starting a business, the best offense is a good defense.

By Pat Flynn

Building a Business

Brandless Has a New Owner, and a New Mission. Can It Save Itself?

It was a once-hot company with a bad business model, like many of its direct-to-consumer peers. Now it's back as a quieter company focused on slower growth. Is this what DTC needs?

By Jason Feifer

Thought Leaders

What Entrepreneurs Can Learn from the Business Successes (and Failures) of Artists

Surprisingly, artists face many of the same career challenges as people in business.

By John Boitnott

Thought Leaders

Yola Robert Will Convince You It’s OK to ‘Suck At Life’

The up-and-coming podcaster and lifestyle blogger has learned that failing fast can also be the quickest way to success.

By Sarah Austin

Thought Leaders

4 Reasons Youth Can Be a Secret Weapon for Entrepreneurs

Being young as an entrepreneur is a blessing, not a curse. But only if you understand why it matters.

By Adam Guild

Thought Leaders

6 Signs Your Fear of Failure Is Holding You Back (Without You Even Knowing It)

Once you acknowledge that fear is the main thing that's holding you back, you can finally take control of your life.

By Kim Perell

Business News

What Can Marketers Learn From Quibi’s Failure?

Ultimately, it doesn't matter if you've got billions of dollars. You cannot spend your way out of a fundamental mistake.

By Brendan Gahan

Building a Business

The 4 Most Common Business Setbacks and How to Recover

Many entrepreneurs will face at least one of these over the course of their career.

By Jennifer Spencer

Building a Business

Want to Be Successful? Stop Thinking About Failure

Here's how to avoid sabotaging yourself and your business.

By Thomas Edwards, Jr.

Sustainability

My First Business Died – But It Helped Make My Next Company a Success

When government policies and decisions killed my buzzy New York startup, I learned to build a better (and more sustainable) operation.

By Jaime Getto

Business News

Twitter’s Anti-Spam Rules Foiled Planter’s Super Bowl Stunt

An attempt to go viral with Baby Nut backfired in spectacular fashion.

By Jon Fingas

Thought Leaders

MeUndies’ Founder Went to Prison and Befriended a Bank Robber. It Was Great for Business.

Relationships and lessons learned behind bars helped drive the company's future success.

By Liz Brody

Building a Business

3 Lessons About Failing the Right Way

What we can learn from the sudden demise of SponsorChange.

By Howard S. Dvorkin

Thought Leaders

40 Inspirational Entrepreneurial Quotes

Whatever you've succeeded at or failed trying, somebody you respect said has something worth listening to on the topic.

By John Rampton

Thought Leaders

How to Turn Last Year’s Lemons Into Lemonade and Achieve Success in the New Year

Use setbacks as learning tools to achieve success in 2020.

By Eyal Lifshitz

Building a Business

How The Country’s Goofiest Baseball Team Made Millions

The Savannah Bananas' Jesse Cole turned an unloved team into the hottest ticket in town. Now he has a lesson for every CEO who wants to turn a company around: Stop doing what people hate.

By Jennifer Miller