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The Business Failed, But Did You?

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It took a long time and an enormous amount of reflection to realize thatrepparttar business had failed for many reasons, not simply because I was a miserable excuse for an entrepreneur. I wasn't looking to shuckrepparttar 104687 blame so much as simply trying to understand what really went wrong. A few years later when I musteredrepparttar 104688 courage to takerepparttar 104689 plunge again, I did so withrepparttar 104690 knowledge gained from my first failed business. I knew what I had done wrong and I knew what I'd done right. Lessons learned, put to good use. Knock wood, this time so far, so good.

Performing an autopsy on a failed business is a simple process, but one that can reveal a wealth of information that you can use should you ever decide to step out ontorepparttar 104691 business high wire again.

To do your business autopsy find a quiet place where you can sit and reflect onrepparttar 104692 life of your business. With pen and paper in hand (or laptop on lap) write down everything that you can think of that went right withrepparttar 104693 business and alternatively, everything that went wrong. Your goal is to create a "Success" versus "Failure" spreadsheet that will help you better understand exactly whyrepparttar 104694 business went south.

Forrepparttar 104695 autopsy to be effective, it is imperative that you are completely honest with yourself. Shove your ego in a drawer and be completely realistic orrepparttar 104696 autopsy will just become an exercise in futility. You will end up looking for scapegoats instead of reasons.

If your lack of experience was a contributing factor torepparttar 104697 failure ofrepparttar 104698 business, write it down. If your brilliant negotiating skills allowed you to close a big deal and beat out a competitor, write it down. If you were undercapitalized or incorrectly estimated your share ofrepparttar 104699 market, write it down. If you had a partner who didn't pull his weight or a product that didn't sell as well as you thought it would or your building was flattened by an earthquake, write it down. Write it all down.

Once you have allrepparttar 104700 facts in front of you, it's easy to see whyrepparttar 104701 business really failed. You might be surprised to find out thatrepparttar 104702 failure ofrepparttar 104703 business wasn't completely your fault, after all.

Then again, you might discover thatrepparttar 104704 business failure was your fault. If that turns out to berepparttar 104705 case, don't beat yourself up for long. Not everyone is cut out to be an entrepreneur and that's OK.

The world would be a miserable place if everyone sat around whining about their lack of customers or complaining about their employees.

Next time we'll take a look atrepparttar 104706 primary reasons businesses fail and discuss how you might avoid them.

Here's to your success.

Tim Knox tim@dropshipwholesale.net For information on starting your own online or eBay business, visit http://www.dropshipwholesale.net

Small Business Q&A is written by veteran entrepreneur and syndicated columnist, Tim Knox. Tim serves as the president and CEO of three successful technology companies and is the founder of DropshipWholesale.net, an online organization dedicated to the success of online and eBay entrepreneurs.

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