Posts tagged "failure"

Australia's business failure rate is only set to rise over the next year, analytics firm CreditorWatch states, as persistently high interest rates and lower consumption squeeze enterprises struggling to maintain profitability.

FuckUp Nights Melbourne, the popular storytelling event inviting startup and tech sector leaders to reflect on their professional missteps, is coming to an end — but not every ending is a failure, says co-founder and co-host Garry Williams.

When it comes to designing habit-building products for your customers, the secret you may have overlooked is this: helping them fail.

Failure is an ingredient for success. But how do top entrepreneurs embrace mistakes, learn from them, and move on positively?

"Risk-taking is not a signature trait of Australian businesses. In fact, we’re risk-averse and conservative in our business outlook."

The reality is that more innovation and startups fail from a lack of customers than a failure of new products or technology.

Here are the 20 lessons, observations, personal investments and lightbulb moments that have shaped business owner Ben McIntyre over the past two decades.

As BJM Digital celebrates 20 years, founder Ben McIntyre shares what he's learnt about continual learning, reflection and staying connected.

Blackberry lost its market share to Apple and Google because it fostered a fixed rather than growth mindset.

Entrepreneur Zee Der-Levine has launched three businesses, and experienced her fair share of failure. Here's what she wishes she knew when she started out.

There’s never a dull moment when you’re running a startup, but applying the principles of improv can improve your performance.

One of the greatest threats to our lifestyle, our economic success and our way of life is our almost religious commitment to a culture of mediocrity.