My ventures haven't worked out exactly as planned, and I'm wondering how you have made out.
For this poll, define 'success' as generating significant income; whatever that means to you.
Poll: How many times did you fail before succeeding?
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#3I'm still a broke hacker living in flyover country, USA but I've always had wild success in everything I've done in some way or another. Usually, it's in lessons learned, contacts made and people helped. Kind of disappointed at the narrow scope of "success" for this poll. Should have been labeled "How many times did you fail before getting rich?"
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#4I wonder what the mean age for "Have never honestly tried" is, and a follow-up question: "By what age do you plan on trying?"
I'm only 20, I haven't tried to go it alone because I would like to graduate from University first.
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#5depends.
if we are talking individual ideas, I went through 4 before I found something that was actually profitable(~$2-3K of affiliate marketing). 5, before I found that "million dollar idea"(it's not making 6 figures/mo yet...but it'll get there)
if we are talking individual projects that number is closer to 50-60(since I made like 40 2-3 page made for adsense/affiliate marketing sites and 10 Q&A sites)
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#62-3 major failures.
Failed many times, starting from trying to start a cereal company for religious children at age 15.
I am successful now by my own standards which would not have happened without the failure experiences.
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#72-3 major failures. Failed many times, starting from trying to start a cereal company for religious children at age 15. I am successful now by my own standards which would not have happened without the failure experiences.
I also have a theory that I've never seen data on. They say that 95% of new businesses fail; I'm willing to bet that the percentage is much less for a person's second or third try.
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#8Well,
I failed for more than 4 yrs.. and only since the last year, I started to see a results of what I was doing..
Of course I am responsible on this failure, but when you live in a poor country like Egypt, lack opportunity and education, and everyone is trying to stop you and call you a loser and never believe you.. then it makes me feel better that I am not fully responsible on this failure..
But when you make success, you just become so proud of yourself, and you look at those people who stopped you before and tell them: I was right about what I was doing, and here are the results!
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#92-3 major failures. Failed many times, starting from trying to start a cereal company for religious children at age 15. I am successful now by my own standards which would not have happened without the failure experiences.
I also have a theory that I've never seen data on. They say that 95% of new businesses fail; I'm willing to bet that the percentage is much less for a person's second or third try.
That 95% number is BS even though it gets tossed around frequently:
http://www.businessknowhow.com/startup/business-failure.htm
Apparently 44% of small businesses are still in business after 4 years.
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#10Sadly I'm still working on it.