dan flies

I hear it from the startup bloggers, I hear it from the titans of industry and from my teachers, coaches and managers over the past 30 years. You will fail. You learn more from failure than from success. It is not a comfort when you get that first big rejection of your new idea, an idea you’ve cultivated for weeks, months, sometimes years.

The only solace I can see at this point is spite. Spite, the special kind of bitterness from rejection that pushes you turn your rejected idea into the next big thing. I hope that the guys that passed on our idea have the same kind of regret A VC had with AirBnB.

Only time will tell, but we’re moving on to the next steps with more information and more determination.