
JOHN HENRY: That’s 48,000 pounds, if you’re counting. Back in 2009, Andrea and her husband Hans found themselves knee deep in yarn…ĪNDREA GÖNNER: Yes, we had about 20-25 tons of different yarn. Andrea’s story is about salvaging what was left of a family business that thrived for more than a hundred years until the world around them changed, and they couldn’t keep up.įailure looms large for every single business owner.

Who watched his grand plans fall apart and now is rebuilding his company. Bo’s story is that of a young entrepreneur fueled by ambition, hype and millions of dollars. Now, both Andrea and Bo run small businesses that look very different from the first iteration of their companies. Here’s what they have in common: They’ve both watched their businesses fail and they’ve survived to tell the stories. Bo’s business is based near Kansas City, Kansas. JOHN HENRY: Andrea lives in a tiny German town called Riedlingen. Today, we’re going to hear from two small business owners who, on the face of it, could not be more different.ĪNDREA GÖNNER: I’m Andrea Gönner and together with my husband Hans, I was the founder of Garnwelt.īO FISHBACK: I’m Bo Fishback. JOHN HENRY: Hi, I’m John Henry and this is Open for Business, a branded podcast from eBay and Gimlet Creative about building a business from the ground up. In our fourth episode of Open for Business, host John Henry takes a look at how two very different business experienced failure, and lived to tell about it.įrom abandoning a 100-year-old business model, to not being able to live up to promises made to your investors, we unearth critical mistakes made and surface four key lessons to help every small business owner deal with the unknown.

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Every entrepreneur starts out with a great idea and a foundational plan for how to start and grow their business, but rarely does everything go according to plan. When it comes to starting a business, adversity is likely to play a prominent role. – Bo FishbackLegendary boxer Mike Tyson had a famous quote, “Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” Tyson was addressing a reporter’s question on his opponent’s technique, but the quote certainly applies in the business world as well. If the devs can improve the fighters, then i may consider using them.I’m a very big believer in surrounding yourself with really good core competencies and knowing your own. compare to how many attack modules you can put on a carrier hull, wasting those slots on planes are just not worth it. currently, the carrier hull is not a carrier, because it only has 2-3 hanger bay. give them dodge chance, even if the enemy is slug heavy, the fighters still have chance to dodge incoming fire.ģ. increase their health pool, so they don't just all get shut down if they enemy ships are slugs heavy.Ģ. In order to make the flight squadron useful, the devs need to do a couple thingsġ.

the missiles speed in this game is already testing my patience, so i don't think i can bear the slow flight speed of the bombers.Īt the current stage, i still don't see the point of using any weapon module other than energy weapons, especially the beam does 100% dmg at all ranges, and it has decent crit chance. however, if your enemy is heavy on slugs, your bombers will do no dmg, because it takes them a long time to get to the enemy ships, and when they get there, they are already dead. if your enemies doesn't have slug equip or have very few slug equip, they they are good choice. Aircraft squadrons are very situational, because just like missiles, they are vulnerable to slug fires.
