Leticia Gasca: Don't fail fast -- fail mindfully
Leticia Gasca: Ikke feil fort -- feil tankefullt
Leticia Gasca is co-founder of the movement Fuckup Nights and Executive Director for the Failure Institute, the first think tank in the world devoted to studying business failure and the reasons behind it. Full bio
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til år 800 f.Kr,
med mislykkede bedrifter
that merchants whose businesses failed
med kurver over hodene deres.
with a basket over their heads.
med utestående gjeld
who had outstanding debts,
to the public square
against a special stone
mot en spesiell type stein,
tatt til senteret av markedet,
were taken to the center of the market,
ble offentliggjort.
was publicly announced.
immediate imprisonment,
overdrevent straffer de som feiler
punish those who fail,
og forretningsoppprettelse,
and business creation,
i alle land.
in any country.
ikke mislykkede entreprenører.
publicly humiliate failed entrepreneurs.
på sosiale medier.
their failures on social media.
til smerten i å feile.
can relate with the pain of failure.
disse opplevelsene.
of those experiences.
jeg har også vært der.
I have also been there.
var utrolig vanskelig.
was incredibly hard.
en god dose sårbarhet
a good dose of vulnerability
virksomhet,
I met a group of indigenous women.
som var urfolk.
i staten Puebla, sentralt i Mexico.
in the state of Puebla, in central Mexico.
grunnla jeg en sosialt foretak
I cofounded a social enterprise
en inntektsstrøm
create an income stream
bedriften, og trene kvinnene.
the business and training the women.
was totally unrealistic.
var totalt urealistisk.
uten lønn,
for years without a salary,
en stor kjøper
the business profitable.
for å lage en positiv innvirkning
to create a positive impact
dette mislykkede forsøket,
and my resume for years.
og CV'er i flere år.
entreprenører,
taperen i verden.
the only loser in the world.
var jeg ute med noen venner
I was out with some friends
about the life of the entrepreneur.
the issue of failure came out.
vennene mine, og fortalte dem historien
the story of my failed business.
svært klar i hodet mitt;
became really clear in my mind:
the only loser in the world,
ikke er sant.
blir du sterkere, ikke svakere.
makes you stronger, not weaker.
in a deeper and more meaningful way
på en mer meningsfull måte
jeg ellers ikke hadde lært.
I wouldn't have learned previously.
bedrifter som ikke fungerte,
of businesses that didn't work,
til å hjelpe andre, dele sine fiaskohistorier.
share their failure stories.
et forskningssenter
a research center
arbeidsliv, hos mennesker og i samfunnet.
on business, people and society
we called it the Failure Institute.
kalte vi det Failure Institute.
stands on a stage
av skam og flause
of shame and embarrassment,
til å dele lekser som er lært,
to share lessons learned
deler deres fiaskoer
share their failures, magic happens.
og samarbeid blir enklere.
and collaboration becomes easier.
forskningsprosjekter,
reagerer ulikt
react in a different way
innen et år av å mislykkes,
within one year of failure,
of a new business.
from the impostor syndrome.
mer fra impostor syndromet.
for å være en god entreprenør.
to be a good entrepreneur.
har kvinner alt som trengs.
women have everything that's needed.
nok kunnskap
they have enough knowledge
in another place with better luck.
et annet sted, med mer flaks.
on how entrepreneurs cope with failure.
entreprenører takler motstand.
på det amerikanske kontinentet
in the American continent
is to look for a therapist.
å oppsøke en terapaut.
after the failure of a business,
reaksjonen etter å mislykkes med en bedrift
på i fremtiden.
we will study in the future.
har på mislykkede entreprenører.
has on failed entrepreneurs.
mye tid og mye penger.
a lot of time and a lot of money.
problems with partners,
partnere, leverandører, klienter, ansatte,
koste deg 2,000 dollar.
will cost you 2,000 dollars.
to save this amount.
for å spare opp dette beløpet.
i mesteparten av den utviklende verdenen
in most of the developing world,
til en bedrift, to år.
of a business is two years.
closing a business takes two years.
å stenge en bedrift, to år.
life expectancy of a business
levetiden til en bedrift
to close it if it doesn't work?
om det ikke fungerer?
business creation
entreprenørskap
tar mindre tid og mindre penger
bankruptcy takes less time and less money,
of public policy recommendations
stenge bedrifter i Mexico.
closing businesses in Mexico.
from all over the country
fra hele landet
å hjelpe til med å endre loven.
to help change the law.
the new regulation comes into force,
reguleringen inntrer
stenge bedriftene deres via internett.
their businesses in an online procedure
ville vokse seg så stor.
would grow this big.
of failure on the table.
er noe som må snakkes om.
is something we must talk about.
som det har vært i fortiden,
as it used to be in the past,
as some people say.
typer eller studenter
to Silicon Valley types or students
som om det ikke er noe problem, synes jeg det er kleint.
like it's no big deal, I cringe.
mantraet "feil fort."
on the mantra "fail fast."
måte å akselerere læring
is a great way to accelerate learning
presenterer hyppig feiling
we present rapid failure
som deres ene og eneste valg,
as their one and only option,
gir opp for lett.
that entrepreneurs give up too easily.
som omhandler rask feiling
of rapid failure
konsekvensene av en mislykkende bedrift.
the devastating consequences
my social enterprise died,
to the indigenous community
tilbake til urfolksamfunnet
at bedriften var mislykket
that the business had failed
mulighet til å lære, for meg
like a great learning opportunity for me,
stenge denne bedriften
the closure of this business
ville slutte å få en inntekt
would stop receiving an income
I want to propose something.
vi la til siden ideen om å
that just as we put aside the idea
failed entrepreneurs,
feile raskt, alltid er det beste.
that failing fast is always the best.
består av mennesker.
are made of people,
som oppstår og forsvinner
that appear and disappear
vil noen mennesker miste jobben sin.
some people will lose their jobs.
of social and green enterprises,
og grønne bedrifter,
innvirkning på økosystemene og samfunnene
can have a negative impact
they were trying to serve.
å feile tankefullt?
av konsekvensene til å mislykkes
of the consequences
disse leksene med verden.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Leticia Gasca - Author, entrepreneurLeticia Gasca is co-founder of the movement Fuckup Nights and Executive Director for the Failure Institute, the first think tank in the world devoted to studying business failure and the reasons behind it.
Why you should listen
From a very young age, Leticia Gasca was committed to making the world a better place. When she was only 20 years old, she represented Mexico at the United Nations during the 62nd Session of the General Assembly.
In 2014, Gasca was recognized as a Gifted Citizen for leading one of the 30 most innovative projects in the world, and in 2015, she was awarded as Woman Entrepreneur of the Year.
More recently, Gasca was featured by OZY Magazine as a "Rising Star" and by The Economist as one of the "Voices from 2040." She is the author of the book Surviving Failure and a columnist at several newspapers and magazines.
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