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Article Title: 7 things that entrepreneurs can learn from failure
Article Date: 13 May 2020

The image of entrepreneurs is often one of brash, overconfident individuals who are compulsively competitive. However, in the right environment, that competitiveness — and the failures that ensue — can be very revealing.

Imagine you’re at a gathering that includes a few entrepreneurs. One way of firing up the conversation is to ask openly: “What is the biggest business mistake you have ever made?”

Stand back and enjoy the frankness of not only what those major blunders were, but with a little prompting, you can add “What did you learn?”. Their revelations will be a treasure trove of useful insights. And those insights will most likely boil down to one of these 7 points: