Today's FailCon conference in San Francisco focuses on what it takes to fail -- successfully. The event celebrates ventures that flopped in the hopes that attendees learn to see failure as a step on the road to success.
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At her Harvard commencement speech, "Harry Potter" author JK Rowling offers some powerful, heartening advice to dreamers and overachievers, including one hard-won lesson that she deems "worth more than any qualification I ever earned."... 
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October 27, 2011 12:11 AM
Thank you so much. G reat to find another curated list on failure ..
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These are the thoughts of Ben Smith, Founder of Merchant Circle, on the lack of risk-aversion of entrepreneurs. "If you are going to be a serial entrepreneur, you are probably going to get fired. And you certainly are going to fail. So maybe you should think about:
Will you accept failing to succeed?
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In Silicon Valley failure is often seen as success as entrepreneurs learn from their mistakes and pivot their startups to try again and get it right. There's even a dedicated conference ... Delete the scoop?
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Dolphin Browser at FailCon. by Alex Molloy on October 27th, 2011. Thank you FailCon 2011 for having us! Here is a couple of pictures of the Dolphin team demo-ing. To check out more pictures of the conference click here. Delete the scoop?
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MySpace might be the most successful venture that’s ever been called a failure. Founded in 2003 by Chris DeWolfe and Tom Anderson, the social network got big -- for years it was the largest social network in the world -- and it got bought. Delete the scoop?
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Today Airbnb is one of Silicon Valley's hottest startups, but it has definitely failed its way to glory. Delete the scoop?
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As the co-founder of Daisy Systems, the founding CEO of Sun Microsystems, a general partner at Kleiner Perkins and the founder of Khosla Ventures, there are few men who appear to have failed less than the legendary Vinod Khosla. Delete the scoop?
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Today's FailCon conference in San Francisco focuses on what it takes to fail -- successfully. The event celebrates ventures that flopped in the hopes that attendees learn to see failure as a step on the road to success.
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Failure is not an option...it is a requirement...to future success. Failure gets a bad rap. It is actually an important element of success. Delete the scoop?
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The willingness to fail is the key ingredient in success, billionaire investor Vinod Khosla told the audience at Failcon today.
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Second Winner of Failcon Demo ! "Publishers – Bring your quality content to more readers. Delete the scoop?
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Talking to TWiT's Leo Laporte and Sarah Lane at LeWeb today, Digg's founder Kevin Rose noted that he made lots of mistakes while he was still in charge.
Among other things, he acknowledged having a problem with the Digg community which became very vocal at some points, not letting the founder pursue their vision, something Michael Arrington gave Rose some blame on TechCrunch (http://tcrn.ch/c7R0aX ) Read more on Silicon Filter Delete the scoop?
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"On Monday, the annual entrepreneur-focused conference, FailCon, took place in San Francisco, to a near sold-out crowd. I was fortunate enough to attend a couple of panels, and two workshops, one of which left me with a spark of an idea (check out a design firm) the other which shed light on a much-opined and passionate interest of mine (customer satisfaction and how to achieve it). All in all, it was one of the best spent afternoons I have had in my conference-going days – on both sides of the table. (Trade show table, that is!) Here are some key take aways for me, from the sessions I attended" Delete the scoop?
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"Failcon 2011 attracted more than 500 founders and investors to this year’s conference, and was proud to feature demo’s from 11 local startups." Delete the scoop?
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my takeaway from one of the most unusual and open conferences on how to make start-ups successful (by not doing what these guys did to fail) (Great lessons @dominiqueAOC picked up @failcon - @ebloch @kbmdv @joegebbia get special shout-outs Delete the scoop?
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Great post from @biztechday on some of the best lessons from @FailCon yesterday - http://t.co/EUtL0WzI...
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Walter Isaacson's authorized biography of Steve Jobs traces the Apple co-founder's career in Silicon Valley--from its soaring highs to its crushing lows. Delete the scoop?
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Forbes' Brian Caulfield finds some stories of failure and redemption. Delete the scoop?
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You cannot truly succeed if you do not embrace failure, says Silicon Valley VC icon. Read this blog post by Rafe Needleman on Rafe's Radar.
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BizeeBee is the simple yoga studio software solution for managing yoga business. All your yogi friends will love it ! Third Winner at #failcon Delete the scoop?
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One of the Winner of #Failcon demo. Congratulations CardFlick ! Delete the scoop?
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