Failure by Omission

Failure by Omission

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  Failcon Zurich –April 16th, 2013 FAILURE BY OMISSION By @LiamBoogar Editor @RudeBaguette This presentation available at http://slideshare.net/liamboogar
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  INTRODUCTION 2 WHO AM I? ‣ Born in the Silicon Valley ‣ Moved to France in 2010 ‣ Rude Baguette – France’s Startup Blog ‣ Launched in November, 2011 ‣ 50K UV/month today ‣ 47% readers in France ‣ Referenced by TechCrunch, Pandodaily, GigaOm, TheNextWeb, TechMeme, etc.
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  Different kinds ofFailure Feedback Lean Land of the Startup living dead Slow Fast Quitting Failure by Omission Isolation
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  IT TAKES TWOTO FAIL 4 Entrepreneurs fail, Yes. …But friends, family, and loved ones pay as well.
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  IT TAKES TWOTO FAIL 5 Friends, family, and loved ones have an obligation to give critical feedback, if only for self-preservation. If a cofounder relationship is like being married, then families of founders need to act as cofounders, too.
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  IF YOU DON’TCATCH THEM, THEY WILL FALL 6 When you see Rock Bottom, you know what it looks like. It’s not pretty. And it’s already too late.
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  CEO: “CHIEF EXCREMENTOFFICER” 7 Help founders do their job - Dealing with S#!T.
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  VALUABLE FEEDBACK VS.CRITICISM 8 Constructive Feedback explains Why: “This is Why I won’t like this” Criticism says What “I don’t like what you’re doing” Constructive Feedback answers How “This is how it could be better” Criticism says Who “I am not who this product is for” Constructive Feedback tells Where “This is where you went
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  ENTREPRENEURS, YOU HAVEA RESPONSIBILITY 9 TOO If you are not asking for constructive feedback, you are already failing.
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  FAILURE BY OMISSION– 10 @LIAMBOOGAR FAIL FASTER. FAIL TOGETHER.