Celebrating Failure

I failed a lot this semester in Entrepreneurship. I definitely failed in doing customer interviews. The first time I went out and did customer interviews, I was very scared to ask questions, and rarely asked follow-ups. I allowed the interviewees to give one word answers when instead I should have asked something along the lines of "why do you feel that way" to get them talking. After the first customer interviews, I was too scared to do the second two sections of customer interviews. That was a huge failure for me, as I could have gained so much more valuable feedback.

From this, I learned that even if I am scared to do something, I should give it a shot. In the end it will either be beneficial or a life lesson. If I had done the interviews, I could have progressed my idea much more.

I am a very competitive person, and I do not take failure well. I am the type of person to only do things if I know I will excel and be great at them. That is not the way to live if I want to be an entrepreneur, because entrepreneurship is all about taking risks for a major reward- even if it means talking to 15 random strangers. I think yes, I am more willing to take risks now than I was four months ago, however I'm still not jumping for joy when I have to take them.

I like this image because, for me, it can be meant in a literal sense. (My idea is a brunch restaurant called Bacon and Biscuits)