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Dropped out of college to start a company.
The photo above is of our founders one week before our startup “officially” failed (I’m on the far right).
We were barely-able-to-pay-rent broke.
We worked close to one-hundred hours a week for an entire year.
All we ate was oatmeal, spaghetti, and peanut butter.
Oh, and there was a lot of shitty coffee to fuel us.
We recruited 150 writers, published hundreds of articles, but never figured out how to make enough money.
So, our startup failed.
I learned a lot from this failure:
- How to hustle when everyone depends on you
- How to have the confidence to cold call hundreds of people every day
- How to get in touch with people who can mentor you
- And most importantly, how to appreciate failure
So, it’s hard to say it didn’t pay off.
Everything in life is an opportunity to learn.
Every time you hit your head against a wall, there’s a valuable lesson.
Each time you put your all into something, you discover what you’re capable of accomplishing.
It’s remarkable.
And we should all take a chance where at one point we risk everything. It’s worth it.
You’ll learn more about yourself than you could ever imagine.
Dare to be great.
I talk more about entrepreneurship and risk in a Facebook Group I run (3,300+ members).
You can check it out here: Marketers and Founders Facebook Group
Read other answers by Josh Fechter on Quora:
- How do you find the courage to leave your comfort zone and jump at potential opportunities?
- I'm 32 and I feel like a complete failure. I just work from home but my real passion is digital marketing & performing. What should I do?
- At what point should someone give up on their dream?
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