{"id":4590,"date":"2015-05-29T17:16:30","date_gmt":"2015-05-29T21:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=4590"},"modified":"2015-05-30T20:09:54","modified_gmt":"2015-05-31T00:09:54","slug":"kevin-rose-mike-arrington-and-mathew-ingram-on-silicon-valley-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/kevin-rose-mike-arrington-and-mathew-ingram-on-silicon-valley-failure\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Rose, Mike Arrington and Mathew Ingram on Silicon Valley Failure"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>By Larry Chiang<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Fascinated by Silicon Valley and failure. There are a couple hashtags I use to curate &#8216;entrepreneurship failing forward&#8217; #DuckCh9Bk (Laura Beck&#8217;s is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Kickstopper?src=hash\" target=\"_blank\">#Kickstopper<\/a><\/p>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/545748857171091456\/Mwx7H5oy_normal.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/td>\n<td><b>Kevin Rose (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kevinrose?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">@kevinrose<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kevinrose\/status\/604137301195821058?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">5\/28\/15, 9:08 PM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Silicon Valley dances around failure. It&#8217;s how we learn\/improve. Digg was a failure, Path was a failure. Embrace it and try again, ya know?<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/378800000654181704\/52e1a4162ad05f167fca1432630dac1c_normal.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/td>\n<td><b>Michael Arrington (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arrington?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">@arrington<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arrington\/status\/604316028697358336?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">5\/29\/15, 8:59 AM<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kevinrose\">@kevinrose<\/a>\u00a0I don&#8217;t think people need to do the scarlet letter thing with a fail in order to learn from it though. And Digg was not a fail<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/549789445604397056\/mLw1hQN1_normal.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/td>\n<td><b>Mathew Ingram (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mathewi?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">@mathewi<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mathewi\/status\/604316378837819395?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">5\/29\/15, 9:00 AM<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arrington\">@arrington<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kevinrose\">@kevinrose<\/a>: I agree with you, Mike, but in what way was Digg not a fail?<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/378800000654181704\/52e1a4162ad05f167fca1432630dac1c_normal.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/td>\n<td><b>Michael Arrington (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arrington?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">@arrington<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arrington\/status\/604351487985111040?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">5\/29\/15, 11:19 AM<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mathewi\">@mathewi<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kevinrose\">@kevinrose<\/a>\u00a0couple reasons. First, it was revolutionary and changed how we think about certain things. Second, Reddit cloned it<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/549789445604397056\/mLw1hQN1_normal.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/td>\n<td><b>Mathew Ingram (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mathewi?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">@mathewi<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mathewi\/status\/604353427901014016?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">5\/29\/15, 11:27 AM<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arrington\">@arrington<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kevinrose\">@kevinrose<\/a>: definitely revolutionary I agree \u2014 so I guess its influence was great even though the entity itself failed<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/545748857171091456\/Mwx7H5oy_normal.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/td>\n<td><b>Kevin Rose (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kevinrose?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">@kevinrose<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kevinrose\/status\/604361558152605696?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">5\/29\/15, 11:59 AM<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chrismessina\">@chrismessina<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arrington\">@arrington<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mathewi\">@mathewi<\/a> agreed you can measure success quite a few ways. arguably many more important than a huge financial outcome<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 17px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eudADPfTWiE&amp;feature=youtube_gdata_player\"><embed src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/eudADPfTWiE&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 17px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);\">Engineering 145 is #ENGR145<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 17px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 17px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WVKHwYJzVVc&amp;feature=youtube_gdata_player\"><embed src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/WVKHwYJzVVc&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 17px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);\">Cross the Chasm From the Right is very #ENGR145. CTCFTR is a technique meant to countermeasure why stuff fails<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 17px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 17px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);\">CTCFTR is based on five of my mentors. Mainly, Mark McCormack. He started &#8220;IMG&#8221;<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 17px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 17px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"B20381CB-7871-4DEB-AA6A-736490B7133D\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/image137.jpeg\" alt=\"image.jpeg\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 17px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);\">IMG is International Management Group. Models must fail forward all the time.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n5jB310egEI&amp;feature=youtube_gdata_player\"><embed src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/n5jB310egEI&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BMyLcDaWazU&amp;feature=youtube_gdata_player\"><embed src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/BMyLcDaWazU&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>CEO of Duck9<\/div>\n<div>Stanford University&#8217;s Founding EIR (Entrepreneur in Residence)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Duck9 = Deep Underground Credit Knowledge 9<\/div>\n<div>c\/o UCMS Inc<\/div>\n<div>2021 Midwest Road \/ 3rd FL<\/div>\n<div>Oak Brook IL<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/ass\">https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/ass<\/a><\/div>\n<div>630-705-5555<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>650-283-8008 (cell)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>****************<\/div>\n<div>Founder of &#8220;What They Don&#8217;t Teach at Business School&#8221;\u00a0for CNN iReport: <a href=\"https:\/\/ireport.cnn.com\/people\/larrychiang\">https:\/\/ireport.cnn.com\/people\/larrychiang<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QXIaNZi3mHQ\"><embed src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/QXIaNZi3mHQ&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Author, NY Times Bestseller<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/whattheydontteachyouatstanfordbusinessschool.com\/blog\/?s=Ny+times+bestseller\">https:\/\/whattheydontteachyouatstanfordbusinessschool.com\/blog\/?s=Ny+times+bestseller<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;What They Will NEVER Teach You at Stanford Business School about EUTWMPPM @SXSW&#8221; comes out 11-11-14<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/embed\/c0d4562ea2049\">https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/embed\/c0d4562ea2049<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=<\/a><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;\">mHVJF9VaWfo<\/span>&amp;feature=youtube_gdata_player<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Emergency swings and cutting deals as an 9 year old<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OFGY7v9C4G0&amp;feature=youtube_gdata_player\"><embed src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/OFGY7v9C4G0&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Larry Chiang Fascinated by Silicon Valley and failure. There are a couple hashtags I use to curate &#8216;entrepreneurship failing forward&#8217; #DuckCh9Bk (Laura Beck&#8217;s is #Kickstopper Kevin Rose (@kevinrose) 5\/28\/15, 9:08 PM Silicon Valley dances around failure. It&#8217;s how we learn\/improve. Digg was a failure, Path was a failure. 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