Robert Nikic: I Failed at School, Relationships, Love

Failure as Fuel · On with Mario Lopez · 0:41

Robert Nikic tells Mario Lopez he failed at school, relationships and love before startups, and why he loves failing.

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And is this something you studied, or you sort of felt? No, this happens from failure. That's the, it goes right back to that core root. Before, I came from this failure, failure, failure, failure. What were you failing at? Everything. I failed from the roots. I failed at school, I failed relationships, I failed in love, you name it. That goes right into entrepreneurship, right? Yeah. So, some failed startups along the way, too. I guess if you fail enough, you sort of lose a sense of fear, right? Because like, what can go wrong? I love failing. If I don't fail, I feel something is going wrong. So, I mean, look, it's the best attitude I've ever heard.

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Robert Nikic

Entrepreneur, TEDx speaker and advisor on United Nations SDG 8 & 9, working to make it easier for anyone to start and grow a business.

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