- SpaceX's first rocket, Falcon 1, failed three times before it became successful
- The book The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss was rejected by 25 publishers
- Richard Branson founded 400 companies before he found a successful idea
- Colonel Sanders, founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken, was turned down 1009 times when he tried to sell his now successful fried chicken recipe
- Sylvester Stallone was rejected 1500 times when he tried to sell in the movie Rocky
- James Dyson manufactured 5126 prototypes of a vacuum cleaner before he found a good design
- PayPal changed business idea 5 times before they found the idea behind the company we know today
October 3, 2013
The number of failures before success
This will become the complete list on how many times an individual or a company failed at a task before they became successful. If you want to add a person or a company to the list, please leave a comment.
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