
Failure Decoded
Learn how to face your fear of failure to achieve the life you want. Get actionable advice from founders who have embraced failure and built stronger businesses because of it.
Episodes
35 episodes
Leadership Redefined: Insights with Adam Kingl
Adam Kingl is a globally renowned leadership expert, educator, and keynote speaker known for his insights into next generation leadership, innovation, and future trends. He has worked extensively with companies, helping navigate challenge...
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39:09

Beyond Boundaries: Chris Guillebeau's Journey Navigating Failure and Success
Chris Guillebeau is more than just an author, podcast host, entrepreneur; he's a modern-day adventurer, community builder with a penchant for pushing boundaries. Renowned for accomplishing the remarkable feat of visiting every country in the wo...
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25:37

Failure is not for the faint-hearted and weak-willed: Power talk with Melanie Elturk
Melanie Elturk. a former civil rights attorney, is the visionary CEO behind Haute Hijab, a preeminent U.S. hijab brand.A graduate of Wayne State University, Melanie's academic prowess paved the way for her to attain a Juris Doctorate fro...
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42:29

Embracing Failure: the key missing piece in entrepreneurial success with David Silverberg
David Silverberg is a freelance writer, journalist, entrepreneur, editor, poet, storytelller and writing coach. From embracing rejection to discussing the importance of failure in entrepreneurship, David's journey from reporting on Fuck Up N...
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46:12

Power Up: Exploring new business opportunities to navigate the global financial crisis of 2023
In this episode Dr Pradeep Kumar Sacitharan shares his experience and insights about the current Global Recession and how it has impacted different sections of the society and business...
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39:44

Allow yourself to fail, it is not the end of the world.
In this episode we talk to Iman Grewal about entrepreneurship and compassion. Iman's journey is one of creativity, business, and relentless passion for helping others. She embarked on her professional life as an artist, immersing herse...
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48:42

Investing without the jargon with Girls That Invest's Simran Kaur
In this episode of Failure Decoded we talked to Simran Kaur, Co-Founder of Girls That Invest, an award winning podcast and Masterclass in the financial education space.Simran and her Co-Founder...
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Episode 29
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32:19

From dropout to Oxford to successful e-com business owner
Pradeep Kumar Sacitharan shares his journey from high school dropout to Ph.D to successful e-commerce business owner.His resilience and persistence has carried him through many failu...
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Episode 28
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33:10

Failure is just another opportunity to try something new
Nicole Teschl is the founder of a Canadian greeting card company SowSweet Greetings based in Toronto, Ontario. The cards designed by Nico...
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Episode 27
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48:50

Starting a podcast, handling rejection and defining failure with Amanda Pereira
In this episode we talk to Amanda Pereira, an award winning podcaster about life, skills, mindset, podcasting and everything in between. Amanda is an actor, comedian, creator, and host...
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Episode 26
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56:37

The Museum of Failure with Samuel West
Dr. Samuel West, a licensed psychologist, and PhD in Organizational Psychology, is the founder and curator of the Museum of Failure. He talks to us abou...
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Episode 25
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52:53

Becoming a model at 53 with Caroline Labouchere
Caroline Labouchere, an entrepreneur, grey model and motivational speaker gives us a raw perspective of what one goes through when life throws an unexpected curveball.Caroline is now on a mission to empower women to realize their potenti...
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27:44

Passion, persistence and patience with Pilot Rizwan Taj
Rizwan Taj talks about his viral Instagram account, his non-linear career path, and his life advice that can be applied to entrepreneurship. From flying airplanes with the best pilots in...
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41:37

New Year, New Intro: What Failure Decoded is All About
Shamsiya and Rachel are shining a light on the founder stories you don't see in the headlines. On Failure Decoded you'll hear interviews with entrepreneurs who've experienced failure, made rookie mistakes, pivoted and overcome obstacles.
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Biggest Business Failures of 2022
Shamsiya and Rachel wrap up the last episode of Failure Decoded for 2022. They discuss some of the biggest business failures of the year including crypto, Meta, Peloton and NFTs. Show Notes:1:40 - Shamsiy...
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Episode 22
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33:13

Failure as a Service with Aaquib Hussain, Founding Partner at Freeflow Venture Builders
Aaquib is the Co-founder & Chief Integrator at FreeFlow Venture, an Incubator and Accelerator for startups. Aaquib is an advisor to the prestigious Indian Institute of Management, India and
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Episode 21
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58:20

Finding your ‘why’ and giving back with Peace by Chocolate Founder Tareq Hadhad
Tareq Hadhad is a Syrian-Canadian entrepreneur, keynote speaker and the founder of Peace By Chocolate. He is the recipient of many accolades including Start Up Canada’s National Newcomer Entrepreneur Award, EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Atlantic,...
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Episode 20
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52:53

Luxury custom bra maker Ruhee Rajan pivoted her business model to survive the pandemic
In this episode Ruhee Rajan, the founder of Rubies Bras, talks about how she built her business from scratch, learnt how to sew, changed the business model to survive the pandemic, leveraged governmen...
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Episode 19
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51:20

Solving chronic pain, health tech and avoiding burn out with Arun Nijhawan
In this episode Arun Nijhawan, the co-founder of Menda Health, talks about everything from getting acquired, developing a routine to avoid burn out, co-founder relationships and tips for new entrepreneurs. He shares with ...
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Episode 18
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49:26

Negotiation Skills and Strategies with Professor George Siedel
Negotiation expert, George Siedel, shared 4 key concepts for negotiating: Know your key numbers Get to know the other side on a personal levelAsk lots questionsListen carefully ...
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Episode 17
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41:35

Failing the bar exam, fighting perfectionism & embracing failure with Ashley Menzies Babatunde
Ashley Menzies Babatunde is an attorney, graduate of Stanford and Harvard Law School, activist, disruptive thinker, a natural storyteller and podcaster.
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Episode 16
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39:28

8 Failed Startups in 6 Years with Landon Sanford
Landon Sanford is a serial entrepreneur, an ex-YCombinator/Sequoia backed founder & ex-Googler who joins us to talk about his love of building things, launching ventures, his experience with raising funds and failure. Show Notes:...
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Episode 15
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44:15

Parallels between history and new age innovations, prototyping & Elon Musk’s success with Erik Engheim
Erik Engheim, a software developer, educator and author, draws interesting parallels between historical events and new age innovation strategies.He also deep dives into the hands on approach with which Elon Musk is paving the way for fu...
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Episode 14
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