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Originally Posted by ChaneyCraig
If you have to change your name there is something very shady going on. Would you trust your business to someone who has already cut and run?
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As I said, I don't endorse Shane's approach, I am merely observing the realities of the telecommunications/hosting industry in Australia.
There's a fantastic article by Brad Field (
Have You Ever Failed?), the managing director of Foundry Group (an angel investor/VC firm in the US), about investment during the .com era.
A quote that has resounded with me is:
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I used to say something like “one of the great things about America is that failure is acceptable.” When great people fail, they acknowledge it, learn from it, get up, dust themselves off, and get back at it. If you accept reality, you can fail gracefully and hopefully learn something from it. It’s never fun – and it can be really stressful / painful / emotionally hard – but it’s a part of learning, evolving, and growing stronger and better.
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Whilst there's no doubt that the director of a business has the most influence as to its direction, that person is NOT the business: they are separate entities with their own ideas, ideals and approaches. Would I purchase services off Shane Craig? Probably not. Would I purchase services off VentraIP? If it was the most suitable product for my business, then I would be doing my shareholders a disservice to let my own personal prejudice cloud a decision in the best interests of the company.