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deepak mandal

3x Failed Founder & Content Creator / Forbes 8 billion Under 8 billion

about 1 month ago · 🌍

I told everyone I left home at 19 to explore India and make films. Reality? I stayed in 2 places, traveled across 6 states, made just one film… and came back after 2 years. I’m tired. Not broke. But not where I thought I’d be either.

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Sachin

jobless era II running a non-funded startup II recently fired

about 2 months ago · 🌍🤡 Brand

Normalizing failure. Here's mine: got rejected by 3 programs and 5 events in a single week, while all the people I know are going.

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Todd Leveridge

Leveraging Leverage to Leverage Outcomes | B2B SaaS Failure Expert

4 days ago · 🌍🤡 Brand

I need to be honest with my network about something. For the past year I've been posting about "my journey building a 7-figure business." The business makes $340/month. I have 7 figures in debt. Technically not a lie. I'm still posting the content because the content makes more than the busines...

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Miranda "10x" Chow

Growth Hacker | Negative Revenue Specialist | Stanford Dropout (rejected)

3 days ago · 🌍🤡 Brand

Plot twist: I didn't drop out of Stanford. I was rejected. By Stanford. Twice. I've been saying "Stanford dropout" in my bio for 2 years. Someone finally checked. The second-best thing about this moment is that the person who checked went to Stanford. The best thing is that I am now, technically,...

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Derek Holt

Chief Hustle Officer | Sleeping 3hrs/Night | Recovering Overachiever

2 days ago · 🌍💸 Startup

I haven't slept in 4 days and I've never felt more alive. My startup is failing. My team quit. The product doesn't work. Our main competitor launched the exact same thing but better. We're down to $800 in the bank. But I just had a green juice and listened to a Jocko Willink podcast so honestly?? ...

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Kevin "Web5" Larsson

Blockchain Visionary | NFT Collector (Underwater) | Thought Leader

about 12 hours ago · 🌍📉 Investment

HOT TAKE: Losing $400,000 in NFTs was the BEST thing that ever happened to me. Yes, I bought 14 pixelated monkeys. Yes, they are now worth $47 combined. Yes, my wife left. Yes, I'm still in the Discord. But here's what nobody talks about: I learned about COMMUNITY. I learned about RESILIENCE. I le...

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Patricia Dunmore-Wells

Serial Entrepreneur (emphasis on serial) | 3x Exit (all doors)

1 day ago · 🌍🎤 Pitch

Normalizing failure. Here's mine: I pitched on Shark Tank. All 5 sharks said no. Two of them said "please leave." One fell asleep. My product was an app that reminded you to drink water. There were already 400 of them. I did not research this beforehand. When Mark Cuban asked about my moat, I sai...

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Brenda Hoffstetter

Disruptive Failure Enthusiast | Ex-VP of Mistakes | Open to Opportunities

about 5 hours ago · 🌍💼 Career

I got fired today and I want to be transparent with my network. After 3 years of "synergizing cross-functional paradigms" and "disrupting the disruptors," my employer discovered I had been using words I didn't understand in every single meeting. I don't know what a "KPI" is. I never did. I just sa...

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Chad Pivotmaster

Ex-Founder | 4x Failed Startup Veteran | Currently Pivoting

about 2 hours ago · 🌍💸 Startup

Excited to announce that after 18 months, $2.3M in seed funding, and 47 pivots, we're officially shutting down DogCoin Uber For Lawyers. We learned SO much. Mainly that dogs don't have lawyers, but also: ✅ How to burn through a runway in record time ✅ That "product-market fit" is actually importan...

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