Combative? I don't see where you're coming from with that. It is strong, yes, but if you want to get anywhere in the business world, you need to have that strength. Especially when you're an entrepreneur, starting off with a budget of 0 USD, and are competing against already established and popular developers like Bungie, Id, Blizzard, and others.
The point of the statement is that failure is a part of the business world. It is how a free market economy operates and thrives. Ask anyone that is successful, and you'll find that every single one of them failed, repeatedly. The only thing they have in common is that they learned from it, and became better businessmen/businesswomen for it. I don't fear failure. Rather, I'd accept it as a lesson learned (sometimes a costly one), and move on while avoiding it next time.
So long as everyone on the project can look at it with their heads held high, and be proud of the work that they put in the project, I'd call the trade of time and energy worth it. As another successful entrepreneur once told me, "I'd rather try my best and fail, then avoid failure completely."
Thank you for passing on this link. I just did a quick glance through, and it holds a lot of useful information.
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CEO of Form and Function Studios
Combative? I don't see where you're coming from with that. It is strong, yes, but if you want to get anywhere in the business world, you need to have that strength. Especially when you're an entrepreneur, starting off with a budget of 0 USD, and are competing against already established and popular developers like Bungie, Id, Blizzard, and others.
The point of the statement is that failure is a part of the business world. It is how a free market economy operates and thrives. Ask anyone that is successful, and you'll find that every single one of them failed, repeatedly. The only thing they have in common is that they learned from it, and became better businessmen/businesswomen for it. I don't fear failure. Rather, I'd accept it as a lesson learned (sometimes a costly one), and move on while avoiding it next time.
So long as everyone on the project can look at it with their heads held high, and be proud of the work that they put in the project, I'd call the trade of time and energy worth it. As another successful entrepreneur once told me, "I'd rather try my best and fail, then avoid failure completely."
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CEO of Form and Function Studios