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Not Everything Works

Written by: Brad Feld

Article Overview: You hear a lot about successful companies on most VC blogs. It’s a lot easier to talk about success than it is to talk about failure.

Not Everything Works

You hear a lot about successful companies on most VC blogs. It’s a lot easier to talk about success than it is to talk about failure.

Several weeks ago, The Enthusiast Group (a company I have an angel investment in) decided to call it a day. They are in the process of selling off their properties (such as YourRunning, YourMTB, YourCycling, YourClimbing, and YourHorseSports.) If you have any interest in them, give them a shout.

Derek Scruggs – the co-founder - has a very thoughtful interview up on ColoradoStartups describing the experience and some of the lessons that he learned.

I’m proud of Derek and his partner Steve Outing – both for their efforts in starting The Enthusiast Group as well as for having the courage to call the ball when they realized things weren’t working.

Read this post in Brad's blog.

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Article Tags: angel investment, blog, co founder, courage, failure, partner steve, scruggs, shout, steve outing, successful companies, vc, yourclimbing



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