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Learning from Failure - Advice - Part 2



  • Sara Kooperman - Fail Big, Then Move On

  • Pooja Pandey Tripathi - Failure Isn’t Personal, Rise Again

  • Debbie Garcia, CMP - Prepare and Adapt to Failures

  • Sage Goldenberg - Embrace Failure and Learn

  • Carol Shaw Maxwell - Expect Challenges and Seek Mentorship

  • Rachel Freiman - Redefine Fear and Failure

  • Savita Garg - Continuous Upgrading and Hard Work

  • Camille Lacroix - Critical Thinking and Feedback

  • Julie Granger - Embracing Failure and Effective Time Management

  • Kelly Fagan - Vision, Resilience, and Networking


Fail Big, Then Move On

Fail - and fail BIG. Then get over it and get on with it! Read my book FIT FOR BUSINESS on amazon (a best seller!)

Sara Kooperman, Founder, SCW Fitness Education


Failure Isn’t Personal, Rise Again

Never accept an idea or technique failure as your failure. You need to get up again as and shine . Being financially independent is very important for everyone irrespective of their gender.

Pooja Pandey Tripathi, Founder, Arogya Physiotherapy


Prepare and Adapt to Failures

I would say that they should do as much learning as they can do to be prepared for the business side of entrepreneurship. There are resources out there. We sometimes get very excited about our idea and prospects for either helping others or money that we don't take the proper steps and have misfails that are hard to overcome. Be ready to pivot if you don't find Product Market Fit. But don't be discouraged, there is a reason for your idea and you just need to figure out how it fits in with your customers.

Debbie Garcia, Founder, viristour


Embrace Failure and Learn

Do the work, try new things and don’t be afraid of failure. My biggest lessons have come from ideas or actions that failed, sometimes miserably.

Sage Goldenberg, Founder, The Moving Genie


Expect Challenges and Seek Mentorship

I am an Angel investor (for about 15 years) and have mentored quite a few women (and men) through the Angel group. As a female entrepreneur, I have found that anyone doing something new is going to be a challenge, and generally will take longer and need more money that you' expect.

Carol Shaw Maxwell, Founder, MICROrganic Technologies


Redefine Fear and Failure

Redefine your relationship with both fear and failure. Learning to use fear as a sign that you're on to something new and big and learning to view failure as simply data changes the game to keep going in business.

Rachel Freiman, Founder, MindStrong Fitness


Continuous Upgrading and Hard Work

• Continuous upgrading,

• Hard Work,

• Learning from mistakes

Savita Garg, Founder, Eclassopedia


Critical Thinking and Feedback

Always question your idea, question your business model, your channel, your products. Listen to the most hateful or mean comments you are receiving, trust me it will make you grow. You find positive in the most negative judgment you receive, turn this into a force

Camille Lacroix, Founder, Camille Lacroix


Embracing Failure and Effective Time

Management

I would like to tell them that failing is almost a necessary step. It is part of the game, and once it happens is exactly when you have to keep going. To not be afraid to fail, because that fear will make you stay still. To accept failure as part of the journey, and to know that what will make you a great entrepreneur isn't to never fail, it is the ability to come out of it and reinvent yourself

Julie Granger, Founder, The Studio Paris


Vision, Resilience, and Networking

Embrace Failure, celebrate and learn from failure. De-stigmatise this word, because this is where the real learning happens. Unless you're really really really luck, if you're not failing sometimes, you might not be taking enough educated risks.

Say NO! It's hard to say no, but every yes should be supported by 1000 nos. Your most valuable asset is your time. And there are going to be so many beautiful distractions, but you have know what your plan is, and stick to it, no matter how tempting the offers / requests (or how badly you want to nurture or be kind). Saying no is not being unkind, it's being realistic and honest.

Live and die by your calendar and your digital task management tool. I have a rule, it's not in my asana (my task tool), it's as if I never heard it. Schedule Deep Leveraged work, early in the day, and early in the week. Shallow work late in the day, late in the week. Schedule about 5 hours per week (yes, block it in your calendar!) for unexpected surprises.

Kelly Fagan, Founder, Cultcha Kombucha

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