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Sharing these stories reveals the profound emotional toll of failure. Pepe emphasizes how vulnerability, empathy, and authenticity foster deeper conversations. When entrepreneurs open up about their setbacks, they confront shame, pain, and self-doubt. One speaker admits he’s only now able to talk publicly about shutting down a company, underscoring that failure remains a deeply personal experience.
Moreover, failure is not just an individual experience but one that affects others—employees, families, and communities. Zane reflects on the difficulty of being a leader who must inform staff that their jobs are gone—an emotionally taxing and often overlooked aspect of failure that official narratives seldom acknowledge.