Posts Tagged ‘Failure’

7 projects I started before Technically Media and why they failed

For any venture or project that reaches any remote level of success, there are surely failures that surround it. By any standard, Technically Media is no more than a very small success, but before building that small business, I’ve had more than my fair share of failures. Being no stranger to rejection, I’ve tried my [...]

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Rejection takes you further than success: why getting rejected a lot brought me here

Here’s something completely unoriginal: you’re going to get flat-ass rejected, crushing whatever self-indulgent perspective you have on yourself, and then you will go some place magical and it will change you. Here’s my submission to the #jcarn FAIL blog ring. In 2003, I was an involved and eager high school senior who struggled to focus [...]

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Failure is not an option, it’s a necessity: Technically Philly at BarCamp NewsInnovation

A year after focusing strictly on business, the three of us at Technically Philly took a softer approach at BarCamp NewsInnovation 2.0, which we again sponsored and organized [Notes here]. The event was held today, April 24, 2010, again at Temple University. Find video, our slides and presentation notes from our talk below. Failure is [...]

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Failed post for BNet

I have been pretty active developing my blogging skills. No, seriously, there are blogging skills. So, when I saw that BNet, an online business news site launched in 2007 by CNet Networks, was looking for bloggers, I wanted to give it a go. I’ve been in talks with some folks there, who wanted me to [...]

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