FAILURE

In school we learn that mistakes are bad. In the real world, I pay people for their mistakes. That is where the experience lives.

Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.

It is fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.

Getting fired from Facebook was the best thing that ever happened to me. I just did not know it for a few years.

I failed 13 businesses before 21. Every failure taught me what not to do. That education was priceless.

Every successful person I know has been through failure. The difference is they got up faster than they fell.

It doesn't matter how many times you fail. You only have to be right once.

I failed at my first business at 16 and lost $5,000. Best money I ever spent.

Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.

There's a silly notion that failure's not an option at NASA. Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.

I failed at making video games twice. Both times, something better came out of it.

I made decisions that were not in the best interest of the company. I own that.

When you invest twelve minutes and the guy wants a billion, you're going to lose big or win big.

I failed at 20 startups before Instacart. The secret is that each failure taught me what not to build. Instacart was the first thing I actually needed myself.

I got fired from my own company. Most people would have given up. I started a better company six months later. Failure is information, not identity.

Zenefits taught me everything about what not to do. Rippling is the version built by someone who already made every possible mistake.