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seabro
23rd December 2005, 22:54
hi all,

I understand henry ford went bankrupt several times before making it big.

Mistakes are an excellent teacher.

A calculated risk, is still a risk and if you take them, as all entreprenneurs do, you will stumble sometimes.

Although I have never gone bankrupt, I have had a few failed businesses before the current one which I would consider sucessful.

What about you lot, failures before success? And do you know of any other high profile people who failed in the beginning. Just out of interest.

DuaneJackson
23rd December 2005, 22:57
Hi Sean,

There was a long thread on exactly this topic a couple of weeks ago:

http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=6765

seabro
24th December 2005, 11:29
Ahh. ok. Thats made interesting reading.

So how about the second question. Anyone know of any high profile people who failed first time round?

Coding Monkey
24th December 2005, 11:32
You thinking of failing on purpose? ;)

Urban Space
24th December 2005, 15:59
Didn't one of the Dragons on Dragons' Den make his fortune out of buying failing businesses and putting them back on track?

Liam