Reader Anthony Panozzo offered this quote about failure. One part of the failure is that the author buries the lead.
Spotted at JJinuxLand:
The very first company I started failed with a great bang. The second one failed a little bit less, but still failed. The third one, you know, proper failed, but it was kind of okay. I recovered quickly. Number four almost didn’t fail. It still didn’t really feel great, but it did okay. Number five was PayPal.
This is a real life example of the Japanese proverb nanakorobi yaoki——“stumble seven times, recover eight.” Max Levchin beat the curve apparently. He only needed four companies to go belly up.
Failure is the secret to success. Get moving on making your own mistakes!