Hiroshi Nagashima's guest appearances

Hiroshi Nagashima

Disrupting Japan: Startups and Innovation in Japan

Dave McClure

Paul Chapman

Jonathan Epstein

Patrick McKenzie

Tim Rowe

Akiko Naka

Casey Wahl

William Saito

Shunsuke Aoki

Mone Kamishiraishi

Koki Hayashi

Kaneto Kanemoto

Chika Terada

Iwasa Takuma

Ikuo Hiraishi

OwlTail

Startup culture has crazy and contradictory views about failure. As founders we are told to fail fast, but also to never give up. We are told to follow our vision, but be ready to pivot.  Somehow this macho-bullshit culture of “I never really fail and ‘m not afraid of failure.” has become dominant amount founders. But it’s the result of denial. Trivializing failure is a way of not thinking about it’s effects.The truth is that failure sucks. Failure is painful. Failure ...

Startup culture has crazy and contradictory views about failure. As founders we are told to fail fast, but also to never give up. We are told to follow our vision, but be ready to pivot.  Somehow this macho-bullshit culture of “I never really fail and ‘m not afraid of failure.” has become dominant amount founders. But it’s the result of denial. Trivializing failure is a way of not thinking about it’s effects.<br><br>The truth is that failure sucks. Failure is painful. Failure ...

The Myth of the Successful Startup Failure – Hiroshi Nagashima