Category Archives: Failure

How To Deal With Failure When Building An Online Business

23 April 2009 Written By: Jim KukralComments: Comments

Being a Web entrepreneur, I deal with a lot of failure and success, personally with my businesses and projects, and for my clients too. Over time I’ve aggregated a bunch of content on failure that I’d thought I’d pull together and share for you all in place. So here you go!

No failure! You WILL succeed!

Video Presentation: I’m a HUGE Failure – I do a live presentation where I talk about we all have to learn how to fail… so we can succeed.

Here’s the video of that presentation on failure. Another version here from a different event.


Learn Why You Fail, So You Can Succeed! from jim kukral on Vimeo.

Jim Kukral presents “Why You Fail?” at Las Vegas Wordcamp. This presentation will help you understand why you fail… so you can understand how you can succeed.

Are You A Loser, Or A Failure? – This piece was also featured in Feedfront magazine.

An Entrepreneur’s Greatest Fear… Failure! – Learn to get over your fear of failure, or stop thinking you can be an entrepreneur long term.

Struggling Entrepreneurs Do NOT Give Up! – The title says it all. This piece was also featured in Feedfront magazine.

I hope these thoughts on failure help you to succeed. Please let me know if they did in the comments below.

Presentation: I’m A HUGE Failure, Are You?

27 January 2009 Written By: Jim KukralComments: Comments

Are you a HUGE failure? Or are you a loser? Maybe you’re a quitter? Maybe you’re all of the above? Or maybe, just maybe… you’re really successful, but you think you’re a failure?

The truth is, anyone can be successful if they understand that we all fail, and then realize the reasons why success comes to some people.

The presentation below is one I gave at Las Vegas Wordcamp in early 2009. It covers topics such as success and failure, and is designed to motivate, educate and inspire you to being more successful in life and business ventures. I hope you enjoy it. Please share your feedback in the comments.

Special thanks go to @micah for recording it with his Flip HD camera.


Learn Why You Fail, So You Can Succeed! from jim kukral on Vimeo.

Jim Kukral presents “Why You Fail?” at Las Vegas Wordcamp. This presentation will help you understand why you fail… so you can understand how you can succeed.

Are You A Loser Or A Failure?

20 November 2008 Written By: Jim KukralComments: Comments

What’s the difference between being a failure or being a loser? It’s pretty simple. People who fail learn from it and try again.

And Losers quit.

Which are you? Decide now. I’m here to smack you in the face hard. Ready?

  • So the last project you had didn’t work that great? The loser gave up. The failure tried again.

  • You made a mistake at your job or with your spouse and you’re being punished for it? The loser figures there’s nothing she can do. The failure learns from it and fixes it.

    • Look, if you’re going to run your own business and be an entrepreneur, you’re going to have to understand these differences. Being a failure is not the same as being a loser.

    Show me one successful person who didn’t fail 1,000 times before they succeeded big. (Ok, a tiny few somehow manage to get lucky and do this, but you get my point).

    Ok, now get to work. Or are you a loser? You tell me.

    An Entrepreneur’s Greatest Fear…

    11 November 2008 Written By: Jim KukralComments: Comments

    It’s the night before my big launch. My big rebrand. The unveiling of the new me and the new business I’ll be running. My latest Frankenstein.

    And I feel like I’m going to puke.

    It’s natural… It happens to me every time I launch something big. Before I launched Scratchback, I felt the same way. Everyone does.

    It’s the curse of a serial entrepreneur. Yes, we’re very good at taking criticism, and dealing with failure, but it doesn’t mean we don’t have fears like everyone else. It just means we’re good at letting it go after we’ve failed or succeeded, either way.

    What do you mean? Fear of what?

    Fear that what we’ve built is going to look lame to others. Fear that all the countless hours we spent working on the project won’t pay off. Fear that our spouse will, once again, look at us with those eyes and think “you said this time it was going to be different. This was the big one.”

    Fear that it’s time to go back to the drawing board, yet again.

    I’m there, right now. Tomorrow at Noon EST I’m launching, and right now I feel like I want to take a boat across Lake Erie to Canada and hide out and come back 3-days after and see what happened.

    If you’re a marketer, or artist, or anyone who “puts your stuff out there”, you should know what I’m feeling.

    The good news is… I know this will pass. I know what I’ve done is going to work. I know that I’m passionate about what I’ve built and I know that it’s what I want to do. That’s how I know I’m an entrepreneur.

    What else can you ask for? I’m taking my shots… are you? You’ll never know unless you do. The fear will pass, believe me.

    See you all Wednesday, November 12 at Noon est. It’s going to be a great day.

    Struggling Entrepreneurs, Do Not Give Up

    09 October 2008 Written By: Jim KukralComments: Comments

    It’s rough out there right now, I know. You’re losing your cool in this tough economic market. You’re trying to make ends meet, while at the same time, you’re trying to push ahead and be successful as an entrepreneur. You’re working your a#* off and it’s getting you by, but not getting you ahead.

    I know how you’re feeling.

    I know what it’s like to be spending more than you make. I know what it’s like to have your wife give you that look when you tell her you need to spend another $1,000 or more to start a new project. I know how it feels to be so frustrated that you haven’t “made it” yet that you want to give up and go get that “real job” you said you would never take.

    I know how you’re feeling.

    I know what it’s like to see millionaire friends not worry about money. I know what it’s like to see your associates who have already “hit their home run” not worry about the economy because they’ve got money coming in consistently every month. I know what it’s like to wake up every day and wonder if today is going to be the big day you get an idea to turn it all around.

    Welcome to being a struggling entrepreneur. It’s a rough life.

    But there’s good news too.

    If your struggling there is hope. There is a reason to carry on. You can make it work, if you carry on.

    Remember that every single great success story started with one of the following…

    1. I failed 1,000 times before I succeeded…
    2. We had no money left in our bank account…
    3. I was on the verge of giving up…

    Sound familiar? Being an entrepreneur has its ups and downs. Yes, there is going to be struggle through the tough times, and yes, it could possibly drain your bank account and damage your marriage, and yes, it could drive you to want to give up.

    But that’s when your passion comes through to save you. That’s when you stop pitying yourself and turn towards the sun and give it another go. That’s when you work even harder to get what you wanted.

    Don’t give up. Keep taking your shots. Keep innovating. Keep pushing new ideas and supporting old ones. Keep on keeping on.

    It will happen. You can succeed. You can hit that home run. You may look back at these days years from now and remember about how tough it was, but then be proud of yourself for persevering.

    The entrepreneur inside you knows you can do it. Now, just do it.

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    Your Grammar & Spelling Is Going To Ruin Your Career

    07 August 2008 Written By: Jim KukralComments: Comments

    Look at Shoemoney. It’s pretty horrendous how terrible he is with grammar and spelling in his posts. Ok, I get it. He doesn’t try to spellcheck by his own admission for whatever reason, but it looks really bad… the poor grammar too. Makes him look like a severe amateur.

    This isn’t a pick on Shoe (although he’s a poster-child for this post and should be called out for it), but rather a video post about how you are going to ruin your future career by having poor grammar and spelling. Your blog is your resume. Your digital footprint (comments, threaded discussions, photos, etc…) is your legacy. Right now, today, every smart recruiter on the planet goes out and looks at everything you’ve done or said online.

    You really think that a professional organization is going to hire you if you can’t spell? You really think that you’re ever going to be taken seriously if you write like YouTube commenter in d00d-speak? You really think you’ll ever get a consulting gig or be asked to speak anywhere by anyone over the age of 30?

    You won’t. Clean it up. Wise up. Lecture over.

    You Fail Because You’re Scared

    20 March 2008 Written By: Jim KukralComments: Comments

    This post is not about you, or is it? I filmed this video (below) because I know what I’m talking about. I’ve been there. I’ve been too scared to try new marketing tactics. Too scared to start new businesses. In general, too scared to win and be successful. But I got over it.

    When you’re scared to win, you fail. If you take anything away from what I say in this video, I hope it’s that you realize that failure is going to happen. It happens to everyone. You will fail. Big f-ing deal. Everyone does. Just learn from it and try again. You will never, ever be successful until you give up on your fear of failure. I hope this video inspires you. Please leave a comment below.

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    Failure – An Entrepreneur’s Journey

    10 February 2008 Written By: Jim KukralComments: Comments

    Failure can be a good thing. In fact, failure can be a great thing! In life, and in business, failure is a very important part of the learning process. Everyone fails, it’s inevitable.

    The question for you as an entrepreneur is are you going to get back up on the horse and try again and do it better, or are you going to give up? Many people try once and fail and get scared into not trying again. Personally, every time something happens that fails in my world, I try again, and again until I get it right. Watch this video to get a few more insights, and hopefully a little inspiration for you about failure and how it can help you. I reference Mark Cuban in this video.


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