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Failures & Lessons in Entrepreneurship
Summary
Gain wisdom from failure with this course focused on lessons learned by entrepreneurs across industries. Explore common startup mistakes, including poor product-market fit, mismanaged cash flow, and team conflicts. You’ll hear from real founders about what went wrong and how they pivoted or rebuilt. The course fosters a growth mindset, helping you see setbacks as stepping stones. It encourages transparency, resilience, and smarter decision-making. Perfect for aspiring and current entrepreneurs, it transforms failure from a fear into a foundation for future success.
Description
This course offers an honest, experience-based look into the failures and hard lessons many entrepreneurs face during their journey. Rather than glamorizing success, it provides critical insights into what causes startups to fail — from poor market fit and leadership conflicts to financial mismanagement and scaling too early. Learners explore post-mortems of real companies, learning how founders recovered and what they would do differently. Topics include emotional resilience, decision-making under stress, and reframing failure as feedback. The course also includes tools for risk mitigation, pivoting strategies, and cultivating a culture that embraces experimentation without fear. Students reflect on their own ventures, identify possible blind spots, and explore strategies for recovery and learning. Interviews with experienced entrepreneurs provide real-world perspective and encouragement. By the end, participants will view failure not as an end, but as a powerful teacher — better preparing them for long-term entrepreneurial success.
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Chloe Perez
Good for a realistic perspective on entrepreneurship. It provided valuable lessons from the experiences of others.
高橋 恵子
この「起業の失敗と教訓」コースは、市場のニーズを見誤ることのリスクや、プロダクトマーケットフィットの重要性を改めて認識させてくれました。失敗を恐れずに挑戦し続けるためのマインドセットを養う上でも非常に役立ちました。
David Wilson
Very honest and valuable course. It's refreshing to learn about failures and what can be taken from them.
佐藤 隆
「起業の失敗と教訓」は、成功談だけでなく、失敗から何を学ぶべきかという非常に重要な視点を提供してくれました。特に、資金繰りの失敗や、共同創業者との不和など、実際に起こりうる問題とその対処法について深く学ぶことができ、今後の起業に活かしたいと思いました。
Sophie Rodriguez
"Failures & Lessons in Entrepreneurship" was incredibly insightful and humbling. Learning from the mistakes of others, especially successful entrepreneurs who shared their candid failures, was invaluable. It taught me resilience, the importance of pivoting, and how to turn setbacks into growth opportunities. This course is a powerful dose of reality and wisdom.