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Bye-bye E-blogs… we’ll see you again soon
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December 21st, 2010Euroblogosphere
Earlier this year I enthusiastically welcomed the launch of e-blogs by Wikio. The project was to translate into 5 languages blogposts from different European countries. “Great initiative”, I thought, especially since it was a private venture whereas projects of this type are usually funded with public money. But here we are, it didn’t work. E-blogs didn’t generate enough revenue and now it’s closing down.
It’s sad but at least they gave it a try! So congratulations to the e-blogs team for their bold initiative!
I recently read an interview of Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia. He said that real entrepreneurs fail – a lot actually- and that it was a necessity for their succeeding in the future. It reminds me of what Caroline De Cock aka Lino The Rhino said in an interview to Butterfly Europe, a quote I published here a couple of days ago: “The day my kids will have understood that failing is not a bad thing as long as you learn from it and try again, I just know they will be the next generation of innovators.”
It’s simple. Those who fail have dared to try. If you never take a risk and try to do something, even though you might fail, then you will never succeed. So praise your failures, as that’s what your successes are made of!
This post is also available in: French
Tags: Butterfly, e-blogs, Jimmy Wales, Lino the Rhino, Multilinguism, Wikio, Wikipedia
2 responses to “Bye-bye E-blogs… we’ll see you again soon” 
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Ohhh una verdadera pena! Era un proyecto muy interesante, ojalá pueda volver a haber algo parecido. un abrazo: Encarna.
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It’s a shame that projects such as e-blog end up dying.
A hug,
Jorge Juan Morante
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Encarna December 21st, 2010 at 18:24