Learning From Mistakes

Growing a Business

How Brutal Honesty Saved My Business From Going Under (Twice)

Here's why saving face should come second to honesty and transparency when your company runs into trouble

Starting a Business

I Made These 3 Big Mistakes When Starting a Business — Here's What I Learned From Them

Starting a business is a wild ride, and mistakes are — unfortunately — an inevitable part of the journey. Here are some of the biggest mistakes I've made along the way and, more importantly, the valuable lessons I've learned from them.

Growing a Business

After I Screwed Up My Webinar, I Realized Disasters Can Be 'Accidental Experiments'

The whole debacle showed me another way of looking at unexpected setbacks.

Making a Change

How I Turned My Learning Disabilities Into a Superpower

This article outlines my journey from struggling with multiple learning disabilities to recognizing my unique abilities as a strength. It explains how leveraging my personality, interests, and instincts helped me build self-confidence and achieve success as an entrepreneur and leader.

Leadership

The Path to Success Is Filled With Mistakes. Do These Four Things to Tap Into Their Growth Potential.

Mistakes are often perceived negatively, seen as costly and unacceptable. However, each mistake holds valuable lessons, especially new ones.

Growing a Business

She 'Reverse-Engineered' Her First Company's Failure Into a Sober-Curious Brand Making $25 Million a Year

Shizu Okusa ran her first company for eight years but never made enough money. When she founded Apothékary, she knew what she had to do differently.

Leadership

How to Create a Culture That Embraces Failure and Turns Setbacks into Success

Use these tips to create a safe space for constructive failure in your organization.

Business Culture

6 Common Challenges All Women Entrepreneurs Face (and How to Overcome Them)

Each entrepreneur faces their own hurdles. Here are a few common ones women experience most.

Leadership

Avoid These 5 Critical Mistakes All Leaders Make

Mistakes are unpleasant and can be embarrassing. If acknowledged and dealt with in a timely manner, they can become a good source of learning and experience.

Leadership

8 Common Mistakes You Might Be Making as a Leader (and How to Fix Them)

Many leaders struggle to find their footing, and may make mistakes along their journey. Here are a few you might be making yourself.

Growing a Business

Think You Screwed Up? These 6 Business Leaders Share Their Big Mistake — and Lesson Learned

Too often, we think a leader has to be right. But these businesses transformed when their leaders realized they'd had it wrong all along.

Growing a Business

I Watch Great Teams Make These Business-Destroying Mistakes All The Time. Here's Where They're Going Wrong (And How To Fix It).

Identifying who you serve and concentrating your marketing efforts where your message will be heard establishes your offering, builds your brand, and strengthens your competitive advantage.

Growing a Business

Business Owners: Are You Making These 10 Mistakes?

Don't let mistakes with simple fixes hold you back from growing your business. Here's what to avoid.

Growing a Business

6 Things You Gain By Embracing Failure and Learning From Mistakes

Are you going to look at failure as the end, or are you going to take what didn't work as a lesson and do better? It all depends on your attitude.

Growing a Business

If Your Leadership Style Is Ever Judged By Others, Here's 8 Things You Should Do

How to short-circuit defensiveness and resentment and instead accept and apply tough input for the betterment of your company, and yourself.