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I've got a masters degree in computer science and over 10 years of experience building web-based systems using Java/J2EE, Ruby, Rails and PHP. I'm a strong believer in the effectiveness of Agile Methods. Read more »Subscribe
I've got a masters degree in computer science and over 10 years of experience building web-based systems using Java/J2EE, Ruby, Rails and PHP. I'm a strong believer in the effectiveness of Agile Methods. Read more »
The success of GameClay
Here’s a great post to read for anyone who’s interested in technology entrepreneurship.
It’s titled “Postmortem”. And it’s all about the the lessons learned from the experience of trying to get GameClay off the ground.
It’s probably counter-intuitive to many people, but failure is one of the things I really like to see on the resume of an entrepreneur. Nothing educates like failure.
Anyone who’s got the drive and tenacity to stick with a startup long enough to call it a failure doesn’t like to fail. They’re driven to succeed.
Failing is one thing. Failing, dusting yourself off, getting back out there an doing it again is something that only entrepreneurs who have what it takes to succeed will do. Someone who’s failed over and over again and continued to get back out there with a new idea is someone with a lot to teach about what not to do.
So, despite the end of GameClay, the experience of starting it clearly taught a lot to it’s founders. And that article is a great digest of some of the main lessons they learned.