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Failure: The Blog 
September 2017
- A Reverse April Fool's Day
- An Undertaker's Necessary Creation
- Ioannis Yannas And His Accidental Discovery
- Nikola Tesla Lied To Pay His Bills
August 2017
- Green Eggs And Gambling
- The Dog That Sits On Editorial Boards
- A Failure Event Known As inX3
- How To "Unbrand" Yourself
- Stephen Hawking Won't Get A Voice Upgrade
July 2017
- Dying Stars Give Us Paint
- Worcestershire Sauce Wasn't A Hit At First
- Why Some Video Games Fail
- We Have The Internet Because of Fear of Failure
- The Mistake That Created The Whopper Jr.
June 2017
- Ben Schwartz Took Risks
- Robert Sternberg Failed His Psychology Class
- Sony Began With A Rice Cooker That Burned Rice
- Jay Coughlan Success Started With Prison
- Tai Lopez's Rags To Riches Story
May 2017
- Ways To Turn Those Failures Around
- Aaron Swenson Believes In Failure
- Scientific Discovery Requires Failure
- Millennials Need To Learn To Fail
- Gareth Edwards Feared Failure
April 2017
Airbnb Couldn’t Find Traction With Investors
Airbnb is valued at more than $25 billion today. Their humble beginnings, though, are what really caught our eye here at The Failure Blog.
When Airbnb launched in 2008, not a single soul was interested in the company. Most investors turned their nose up at the blossoming company. Co-Founder Brian Chesky went public with some of those rejections. Here is what a couple of those investor’s had to say:
“Thank you for the introduction. Brian good to meet you — while this sounds interesting it is not something we would do here — not in our area of focus, do wish you best of luck.”
“Brian
We decided yesterday to not take this to the next level. We’ve always struggled with travel as a category. We recognize its one of the top e-commerce categories but for some reason, we’ve not been able to get excited about travel related businesses.”
Photo © Flickr User Gustavo da Cunha Pimenta
Luckily, the creators never let this type of feedback keep them down. As Chesky stated:
“Next time you have an idea and it gets rejected, I want you to think of these emails.”
Many successful entrepreneurs know that you have to face rejection in order to find success!
