[uurayan]

I've had many unsuccessful start up experiences, however it's hard for me to call them failures. It takes a lot of effort to truly fail, most of these times I just quit. I quit before I gave these ideas a real chance to grow.

Growing a real business is like growing a tree from a seed. If you stop watering too soon, you never know how big the tree could have grown.

On the note of how to move forward from these experiences. It's important to analyze each project and figure out the exact reason they weren't successful. For me I had to realize I thought I knew more than I did and that my ego was getting in the way. I had to realize I couldn't do everything on my own. I learned that cash is king and there are almost always ways to get what you need done on the cheap or free (exchange). I had to learn to delegate tasks that I shouldn't be wasting my time on.

It sucks really bad to think of these past projects and it often took me months or years to bring myself to think about them seriously without blowing their lack of success to exterior conditions out of my control.