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Why not Fail in Public?
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Shushant Lakhyani
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We are always ready to build in public, but why can't we fail in public? Why can't we share failure stories of our products and help others learn what mistakes one shouldn't make?
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Andrew C.
people are scared of how people perceive them... and thats why people are scared to fail in public.
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Clement Surry
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agree
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@andrewcanday
I agree with you, but it would help if people share their lessons learnt
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Andrew C.
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totally... its human nature to learn from other people's mistakes...
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Clement Surry
The same reason as to why heroes exist. People want to hear the success stories rather.
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Shushant Lakhyani
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@clement862
Lol, true that
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Moon Ma
Agree! We are starting a series in the spirit of failing in public on YouTube :)
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Ali Ataei
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Failure is good!
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