Blake Snow

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100 fails for 8 successes

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My wife and I recently attended a luncheon where a local entrepreneur and philanthropist shared how he’s lost “over half a million dollars” launching 100 failed businesses.

“Those failures were incredibly painful and costly,” he said. But not all of those companies failed. After 35 years of starting real estate, consumer product, and nonprofit companies, eight of his businesses succeeded, resulting in “tens of millions of dollars in sales.”

In other words, success is the exception, not the norm. To capture it, we can’t quit until everyone in the room tells us “no.” I find this incredibly motivating.