Coping With Failure


Recent Coping With Failure Articles

4 Lessons From a CEO Dad

Blinds.com founder (and dad of three) Jay Steinfeld gives fatherly advice for success in life and business.  Read more

How a Disaster on Everest Inspired an Entrepreneur 

When Philip James founded online wine seller Lot18, skeptics said he would fail. But a disaster on Mt. Everest years before had taught him to trust his gut.  Watch video

Keep Your Best Employees: 5 Steps

Looking to attract and retain the talent required to take your company out of start-up phase and onto the next level? Be open to change.  Read more

How Tate's Bake Shop Founder Lost It All & Bounced Back 

Kathleen King was pushed out of the first bakery she founded and ran for two decades. So she started Tate's Bake Shop, a direct competitor, and now distribut...  Watch video

Decision-Making: Avoid Disastrous Mistakes 

Tips from Ami Kassar, founder of MultiFunding.com, and Scott Gerber, founder of the Young Entrepreneur Council.  Watch video

Is Your Start-up Plan Fatally Flawed? 

Entrepreneur Eric Ries says even if you meet your goals, if the plan is bad, you will fail.  Watch video

5 Things You Won't Learn in B-School

There are certain hard knocks you just can't get in a classroom.  Read more

How to Be Happier at Work: 3 Tips

Google's chief happiness officer shares some of the wisdom that has made the company's employees more content and productive.  Read more

Your Most Powerful Leadership Tool

Forget the pep talks, the reviews, and the carrots and sticks. Here's the one thing that you're probably not doing--but need to.  Read more

'It's On You If Your Start-up Tanks' 

James Miller discusses the risk of starting a business.  Watch video

Bad Press? 5 Ways to React

Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren fumbled news that she'd claimed ethnic minority status at Harvard Law School. When the press is all bad, here's how you can...  Read more

Is the Blame Game Bringing You Down?

Proving someone else wrong isn't the most effective way to get things right. When you "win" the blame game, you actually lose. Here's how to stop blaming, an...  Read more

Where Is Your Competitive Fire?

Use your business’s losses to inspire you to achieve great things.  Read more

Are You an Entrepreneur Imposter? I Don't Buy It

You got where you are being who you are. You'll go far by accepting and understanding your brain and personality attributes, and encouraging others to do so ...  Read more

How to Bounce Back From Start-up Failure 

Can you recover from a failed business? Tips from Martin Zwilling, founder of Startup Professionals, and Scott Gerber, founder of the Young Entrepreneur Coun...  Watch video

What You Can Learn from a Deal Gone Bad

By taking the time to reflect on why you lost a customer or failed to close a sale, you'll find ways to improve on the next one.  Read more

7 Signs You’re Not Entrepreneur Material

Finally ready to take the plunge? Don't--if any of these signs look familiar.  Read more

Save a Struggling Business: 8 Tips

Starting a company from scratch has its appeal, but fixing a broken company can be more profitable... and satisfying.  Read more

Are You an Overbearing Boss?

Find out if you are a bossy boss--and, if so, what you can do about it.  Read more

12 Ways to Attack Any Challenge

Stuck in a rut? Need to accomplish the impossible? Step right up. Here's how to get started.  Read more

Epic Fail: 3 Ways to Come Back Stronger

Failure is part of risk-taking for any growing business. It’s what you learn from those missteps, however, that determine future success.  Read more

How Not to Crash & Burn in Business

Running a business is like flying a plane: Lots of decisions to make and zero time to analyze them. Improve your gut instincts with these tips.  Read more

Without This Skill, You Won't Succeed

It doesn't matter what industry you're in. This is the one thing all successful people know how to do well.  Read more

7 Tricks for Every Founder’s Back Pocket

Why serial entrepreneur Seth Epstein says, among other things, that start-up founders should streak.  Read more

The Beauty of Epic Failures

They're painful. They're humiliating. And sometimes they're exactly what you need.  Read more