According to industry leader and serial entrepreneur, Gary Shamis, failure is not only a stepping stone to business success, it’s crucial!
The Stepping Stone to Success.
Fear of failure can paralyze a business owner, especially millennials who were raised in an everyone-gets-a trophy world. It doesn’t help that our society equates failure with inadequacy. But if you are an entrepreneur, you better get over the fear of failure ASAP. Labour Department statistics show nearly half of new businesses will fail within five years.
According to industry leader and serial entrepreneur, Gary Shamis, failure is not only a stepping stone to business success, it’s crucial!
“Failure is paramount to success. Because of that, not only should you embrace your own failure you should embrace that of others…”
…says Shamis whose wisdom brings the entrepreneurial adage “fail fast and fail often” to new heights. By relaying his personal experience with success and failure, he gives a business blueprint in hard reality on how to avoid these pitfalls while being fearless when failure arises.
His new book Building Blocks Case Studies of a Serial Entrepreneur takes you through his own journey of building eight highly innovative ventures to impart a lifetime of lessons learned. Highlighting not only his triumphs but his stumbles along the way, Shamis reveals the critical characteristics, habits, and strategies he coaches leading senior executives on – and makes them accessible and relatable to experienced and novice entrepreneurs alike.
“If conditions change and a business is no longer profitable, you close it. Is that a failure?”
…says Shamis who believes success depends on how one deals with failure. A good idea and hard work aren’t enough to keep a business profitable. Connected entrepreneurs know you can only wear so many hats. Of the 400,000 new businesses started each year, more of them are avoiding failure by their access to expert advice.
“Failure is paramount to success. Because of that, not only should you embrace your own failure you should embrace that of others.“
– Gary Shamis
In An Interview/Article, Gary Shamis Can Share:
- Valuable insight on fear, failure, and success.
- How aspiring and seasoned business owners can adapt to change and learn from failure.
- Personal case studies of success and failure from a serial entrepreneur
- How to find, hire, and retain the right people for your team
- How to create a positive, inclusive culture
- Leading with accountability and purpose
Shamis is on a mission to share valuable insight on fear, failure & entrepreneurship to people at all levels of business.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Gary Shamis
Gary Shamis, award-winning serial entrepreneur, author, and business consultant, assumed responsibility for his father’s accounting firm in 1981. Over the thirty-five years that followed, he took revenues from $225,000 to approaching $100 million and employees from a dozen to 600. He built the 37th largest independent accounting and consulting firm in the nation, before combining SS&G, Inc. with BDO USA, LLP in 2014. Today, as principal of Winding River Consulting, a business advisory services company, Gary is a highly sought after speaker, facilitator, and consultant.