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Y Combinator Cast

09/18/18

@ Y Combinator

You can always have failure without success, but you cannot have success without failure.

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Female Founders Conference - Mountain View

@ Y Combinator

Female Founders Conference - Mountain View

09/18/18

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James Dyson

04/04/23

@ ainslie + ainslie Performance People

Failures are actually more interesting than successes; you learn from failures, but successes are just done and you don't question them.

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Jensen Huang

06/24/11

@ Stanford Online

Innovation requires experimentation, which inherently involves failure; without a tolerance for failure, you would never innovate.

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Chris Williamson Cast

04/01/25

@ Chris Williamson

Every failure is a learning experience; as long as you learn from it and iterate quickly, it contributes to your growth and eventual success.

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Robert Greene

10/09/22

@ Lewis Howes

Not trying is worse than failing; you must take risks to learn and grow.

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Robert Greene

10/09/22

@ Lewis Howes

Experiencing failure or embarrassment is part of growth; it's better to try and fail than to never try at all.

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David Goggins

01/01/24

@ Andrew Huberman

If you don't know how to fail, there is no victory; I taught myself how to fail properly because the path to winning is going to be years of failing first.

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Vinod Khosla

04/02/25

@ South Park Commons

The willingness to fail is crucial for success; if you're not taking risks, you're likely to follow conventional paths and miss out on true innovation.

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Robert Greene

10/09/22

@ Lewis Howes

Defeat and failure are the greatest teachers because they force you to learn and adapt, unlike success which can lead to complacency.

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Hosain Rahman

10/15/14

@ Y Combinator

Failure is often the best teacher, forcing you to analyze every angle and understand what went wrong in order to improve in the future.