Not all ventures are successful; however, many end in failure. According Hipolito Escalona, a member of Genesis Consultants, faced with this “defeat” can be a death sentence for the employer. This, given that their roles might be “tainted,” said the expert. In addition, “friends disappear and your reputation is on the floor: no one wants to be by your side and very few will tend a hand,” he adds. However, this national reality is very different from the U.S., Escalona said. Explains that the northern country investors are looking for entrepreneurs who have failed, since that experience empowers them, makes them it is more reliable, serious and decreases the risk of further failures, as they learn from their mistakes. In his view, the failure should be used as a “possibility of reinvention.” The following provides some practical advice for dealing with this kind of experience.
Debt regularized: Regulate bad debt records of the enterprise product tows failed, to avoid closing doors of traditional financing sources. In other words, out of DICOM or at least try to minimize its effect, he said. Learning from mistakes: Identify and put into perspective the reasons that led to the collapse of business to learn from mistakes. Determine the real competitive advantages that have and understand what new skills must be acquired to avoid making the same mistakes. Avoid disqualification: Do not fall into a spiral of personal, as no better or worse person to fail in a personal enterprise. The entrepreneur takes risks and one of them is the possibility of failure. Reinventing: Escalona said that business failure is the “death of a professional”, but the opportunity to reinvent and become a “best entrepreneur”, he learned from his failed experience. Says the national scene is changing and there are venture investors and / or partners looking “failed.”



