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Failure: The Blog 
April 2018
- Cruise Control Came Out of Frustration
- Time Spent Gaming Pays Off In The Navy
- Rock Around The Clock Was a Commercial Failure
- Sigmund Freud Should Have Been Discouraged
March 2018
- Superman Couldn't Fly
- This School Shares Failures
- Jim Croce's Parents Hoped He Would Fail
- McDonald's Turns A Cheater Into A Winner
- Snake Eyes Was Made To Save Money
February 2018
- A Stolen Album Created Success
- The 1679 Habeas Corpus Act Passed Due To A Joke
- Changing The Print On A Box Saved Money
- George Washington Survived His Miserable Mother
- How Warehouse Stores Began
January 2018
- Reddit User Found Success Through Failure
- Remembering Famous Failures
- Mistake Or Genius Marketing?
- Waste From Our Eyes Lets Us See
- The Slinky Was Accidentally Created
December 2017
- Proceeding After A Failure
- An Elementary School Embraces Failure
- When Businesses Apologize
- How The Olympics Nearly Destroyed Montreal
- Benji Was A Shelter Dog!
November 2017
Nick Woodman’s Failures Before GoPro
Before Nick Woodman became known for the wildly popular GoPro, he founded two startups, both of which you probably have never heard of before this article.
Woodman, after earning a B.A. in visual arts with a minor in creative writing in 1997, decided that he wanted to become an entrepreneur. His first two endeavors, EmpowerAll.com and Funbug, never found much success. He took both of these failures personally and decided to take some time to travel the world on a surfing tour.
Photo © Flickr User Robert Scoble
While surfing, he found himself in a pickle, wanting some great action shots of himself catching waves but not having the technology to help him. So, he attached a camera to his hand using a rubber band, and that is how the idea of the GoPro was born. As they say, “Necessity is the mother of invention.” Now, Woodman’s net worth is in the billion range. You have to fail first if you want to succeed!
