Comments on: 5 best practices to fail your company creation http://fidjissimo.com/2007/06/5-best-practices-to-fail-your-company-creation/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:41:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: A Fresh Start (up) » Blog Archive » Execution is key (again) http://fidjissimo.com/2007/06/5-best-practices-to-fail-your-company-creation/#comment-31 A Fresh Start (up) » Blog Archive » Execution is key (again) Wed, 24 Oct 2007 04:40:06 +0000 http://www.fidjissimo.com/2007/06/07/5-best-practices-to-fail-your-company-creation/#comment-31 [...] I’ve already written about the failure of my company creation but that’s not the kind of thing you get over easily especially when a good friend sends you an email proving that your idea wasn’t crap because… somebody else is developing it, but is doing it much better than you were. [...] [...] I’ve already written about the failure of my company creation but that’s not the kind of thing you get over easily especially when a good friend sends you an email proving that your idea wasn’t crap because… somebody else is developing it, but is doing it much better than you were. [...]

]]> By: A Fresh Start (up) » Blog Archive » The art of intrapreneurship http://fidjissimo.com/2007/06/5-best-practices-to-fail-your-company-creation/#comment-30 A Fresh Start (up) » Blog Archive » The art of intrapreneurship Wed, 05 Sep 2007 16:01:20 +0000 http://www.fidjissimo.com/2007/06/07/5-best-practices-to-fail-your-company-creation/#comment-30 [...] As a “want to be” entrepreneur, I felt quite guilty not to decide to create (again!) a company after my studies. But sometimes working for a company at a junior level is not such a bad choice, especially if the company helps you initiate projects.  Guy Kawasaki’s book The Art of Start confirms that intrapreneurship is possible: “A large number of aspiring entrepreneurs currently work for big companies. Like all entrepreneurs, they dream of creating innovative products or services and wonder if this can be done internally. The answer is yes.” [...] [...] As a “want to be” entrepreneur, I felt quite guilty not to decide to create (again!) a company after my studies. But sometimes working for a company at a junior level is not such a bad choice, especially if the company helps you initiate projects.  Guy Kawasaki’s book The Art of Start confirms that intrapreneurship is possible: “A large number of aspiring entrepreneurs currently work for big companies. Like all entrepreneurs, they dream of creating innovative products or services and wonder if this can be done internally. The answer is yes.” [...]

]]> By: The E-myth revisited « Tech IT Easy http://fidjissimo.com/2007/06/5-best-practices-to-fail-your-company-creation/#comment-29 The E-myth revisited « Tech IT Easy Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:20:59 +0000 http://www.fidjissimo.com/2007/06/07/5-best-practices-to-fail-your-company-creation/#comment-29 [...] Fidji is not at all a reference in entrepreneurial success, but her mistakes make her believe that she can talk about it. You can discover her in her initial announcement or on her blog. [...] [...] Fidji is not at all a reference in entrepreneurial success, but her mistakes make her believe that she can talk about it. You can discover her in her initial announcement or on her blog. [...]

]]> By: Fidji SIMO http://fidjissimo.com/2007/06/5-best-practices-to-fail-your-company-creation/#comment-28 Fidji SIMO Mon, 02 Jul 2007 17:07:41 +0000 http://www.fidjissimo.com/2007/06/07/5-best-practices-to-fail-your-company-creation/#comment-28 Thanks a lot linette, looking backwards it has really been a great experience, and I am so glad I made those mistakes while being young and without having so much money involved. It becomes less "easy" to fail getting older, and even if this experience does not prevent me at all to fail again, at least I won't make the same basic mistakes. It is so easy to avoid them when you're informed, but it demands a proactive approach that I was not mature enough to have but that any entrepreneur should definitely adopt. Thanks a lot linette, looking backwards it has really been a great experience, and I am so glad I made those mistakes while being young and without having so much money involved.

It becomes less “easy” to fail getting older, and even if this experience does not prevent me at all to fail again, at least I won’t make the same basic mistakes.

It is so easy to avoid them when you’re informed, but it demands a proactive approach that I was not mature enough to have but that any entrepreneur should definitely adopt.

]]> By: Linette http://fidjissimo.com/2007/06/5-best-practices-to-fail-your-company-creation/#comment-27 Linette Mon, 02 Jul 2007 16:59:11 +0000 http://www.fidjissimo.com/2007/06/07/5-best-practices-to-fail-your-company-creation/#comment-27 I admire you so much for having had the guts to begin your own company while being a student. It's a wonderful experience I'm sure, and thank you for sharing it. Maybe it'll start a new fashion on HEC campus (besides Pineurs)? So plzzz don't stop! I admire you so much for having had the guts to begin your own company while being a student.
It’s a wonderful experience I’m sure, and thank you for sharing it.
Maybe it’ll start a new fashion on HEC campus (besides Pineurs)?

So plzzz don’t stop!

]]> By: Fidji SIMO http://fidjissimo.com/2007/06/5-best-practices-to-fail-your-company-creation/#comment-26 Fidji SIMO Sun, 10 Jun 2007 17:31:18 +0000 http://www.fidjissimo.com/2007/06/07/5-best-practices-to-fail-your-company-creation/#comment-26 You are totally right Carl, but people who do nothing often feel so guilty of doing nothing that they discourage the ones who try... You are totally right Carl, but people who do nothing often feel so guilty of doing nothing that they discourage the ones who try…

]]> By: Carl Hallard http://fidjissimo.com/2007/06/5-best-practices-to-fail-your-company-creation/#comment-25 Carl Hallard Sun, 10 Jun 2007 00:03:03 +0000 http://www.fidjissimo.com/2007/06/07/5-best-practices-to-fail-your-company-creation/#comment-25 Just a first thought : the VERY worser is to do nothing ;-) Just a first thought :
the VERY worser is to do nothing ;-)

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