The startup world loves to embrace failure, though it’s usually in a “launching companies is hard and don’t always work so don’t sweat it” kind of way. Failing in a more personal sense, like not accomplishing a goal you have set for yourself, is different. It hurts. And frankly, it should. Most personal failures are […]

Long-time Internet entrepreneur Jason Calacanis recently shared an epiphany he had regarding startups. A critic of Facebook, he has come to appreciate the value of the company’s developer-driven culture. His new belief is that the primary cause of Facebook’s success (and, to be fair, mistakes) is that within the organization, developers are empowered to create […]