In this sixth episode of the series #BoldFail, we meet Jessica Dennis, the Operations and Student Experience Manager at the ESTEEM Graduate Program at the University of Notre Dame. Jessica gives more information on ESTEEM, which is Notre Dame’s master of science degree program at the University of Notre Dame. Here, graduate students are equipped with the skills needed to launch new businesses, become innovators within large corporations, and be leaders of dynamic, innovative teams. We also hear from Renee Yaseen, an undergraduate at Notre Dame as she shares her start-up company FriendOver and her experiences working with the IDEA Center.

 

#BoldFail is a celebration of strategic failure. No profitable startup or entrepreneur goes from success to success. All experience multiple challenges and failures along the way. Failure by itself is neutral, neither good or bad. The question is: what did we learn from it? Failure in operations and failure that results from complexity can be prevented with proper processes, oversight, and care. But failure that comes from pushing beyond boundaries is a commendable, necessary step because it breaks new ground on the path to discovery. #BoldFail is a celebration of the mindset that sees the future, seizes opportunity and embraces failure as a routine step toward success, a chance to persevere or pivot rather than quit.