Taneli Tikka: bankruptcy was an Harvard MBA level learning experience

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My own number one failure that taught me a lot must be my debute as an entrepeneur

1990, in the middle of the dotcom frenzy, I began to start the company

and then in august, 2002 the company filed bankruptcy

as a CEO, I had invested 106 thousands euros of my own money

and obviously lost all that money in the progress

it was really great learning experiment to see a company's rise and then fall

from craddle to grave you could say, the whole cycle

and the fact that I only had to pay hundred thousands of euros for it

was pretty cheap for such an valuable education

it must correlate with something close to Harvard MBA

this kind of an learning experience where you get to see everything

the time when company goes international, when clients get abroad

international investors, the whole thing

it was an amazing roller coaster ride

very flamboyant and showy failure, because it wasn't kept quiet either

and taught in so many ways

national day for failure 13.10