Entrepreneurial chickens are coming home to roost. What’s going on?
Overpromising and puffery can all too quickly flip into a mosh pit of self-delusion and fraud.
Startup founders give 12 reasons they think ventures fail. Here’s why they actually do
Startup founders say the number one reason for failure is a lack of capital. That doesn’t mean they’re right.
ONTHEGO founder Mick Spencer on the ‘guilt, pain and frustration’ of putting his startup into administration
The founder of collapsed startup ONTHEGO has opened up about the guilt, pain and frustration he’s feeling — and how sometimes the right decisions are the hardest.
US streaming startup Quibi calls it quits after six months and says COVID-19 is to blame
It raised billions in funding and roped in a support crew of A-list celebs, but streaming competitor Quibi is winding down after just six months.
‘Million-dollar mindset’: What entrepreneur Zee Der-Levine wishes she knew when she started
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.
“We already failed once”: Why the time is finally right for Antler graduate RecycleSmart
With the confluence of public sentiment, solid experience and the right tech pivot, Antler graduate RecycleSmart is out to change the way we manage waste.
“Nothing is learnt through repetition”: How World’s Biggest Garage Sale’s co-founder embraces failure
A degree of failure is unavoidable, so it should be thought of as an opportunity to learn from. So let’s start normalising the process to progress.
Inside the BugHerd saga: How this startup came back from the brink
Once a fast-growing startup and magnet for investment dollars, BugHerd later found itself at rock bottom, but refused to die.
If you’ve never experienced failure, you’re not taking enough risks
If you've never experienced failure, you're not taking enough risks. Risk-taking is essential to discovering your industry's next big innovation.
Beating the statistics: The underlying reason so many startups fail
Is there a common tie between all the reasons startups fail? One ‘core reason’ that fuels all the others which entrepreneurs can learn from?
Dear Human: I’ve fallen out of love with my startup
'Since launching a business, and watching it fail, I have fallen out of love with the brand and am finding it hard to feel inspired by it anymore.'
You can’t have success without failure: What business owners can learn from Walt Disney, Steve Jobs and JK Rowling
Look at the history of any successful entrepreneur, and you’ll spot a bloody trail of significant failures dotted behind them.