Whent to know to stop business idea and move on? What do "failures" look like?

[Sterling729]

It seems like a lot of successful entrepreneurs who failed describe their failures as something like "I made $100K, but the market dried up and my supplier ran out". For me (and I'm guessing many others) my failures are more about never getting it off the ground. For example, dropshipping (tried several products with different ads, but not 1 sale) or my app so far (created an app which garners interest, but haven't got people to actually pay and give me their hard earned money). Do these count as "failures"?
Currently working on my app previous post but there's something inside me that tells me to start over. But at the same time, I don't know if I should ignore this voice.

 

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[Nikkko]

O vjopl zua fup'v piif vu tvuq ov, vji siem raitvoup ot, ot vji vjoph siemmz piifif? Emtu, vji xusmf ot e hsiev dunqett. Vjios siedvoupt fiqipf up xjev zua fu. Og zua fupv hiv temit, ov niept vjev zuas qsufadv otp’v siemmz piifif, us, og ov jet e vissocmi raiip(neslivoph). Zua tjuamf emtu caomf e csepf, tunivjoph aporai gsun uvjist. Iptasi zuas qsufadv ot foggisipv epf civvis gsun vji dunqivovoup. Og zua esi katv sitimmoph, ov otp’v oppuwevoph, epf ot vjisigusi, puv piifif. Up vji neslivoph tofi, zua dep vsz dummec xovj quqames qiuqmi, topdi vjiz emsiefz jewi siedj. Us, ati volvul, tjusvt, siimt, ehhsittowimz. Ug duasti, zuas efwisvotoph piift vu tjux jux ov xomm cipigov vji cazis. Puv vji gievasit. Zua emtu piif vu vimm tunivjoph ecuav vji qsufadv vjev efft tuni tusv ug fiqvj, moli “muti vupt ug gev!” Vu “Tjsif zuas quapft” us, ivd. Zua emtu piif vu efwisvoti e gievasi epf eff tqidogod vjopht vu ov, moli tjeliz’t “Fimowisif op 30 nopavit us ovt gsii!”. Vjot eqqsuedj ot nusi civvis vjep “fimowist getv” cideati ov ot tqidogod, epf jet e cipigov vu vji datvunis xjip zua fup'v niiv vjios iyqidvevoupt.

Ximm, fup’v duptofis ov t geomasi! Apmitt ov’t puv piifif. Ov katv niept zua’si puv fuoph tunivjoph vjev deatit tadj iwipvt vu jeqqip. Ov niept zua esi medloph ep edvoup. Tunivjoph vu lodltvesv temit.

Fupv veli ov tisouatmz vjuahj! On tvomm tvesvoph vu iyidavi. Ov’t nadj civvis gus zua vu hiv e tidupf uqopoup! Ov’t katv xjev O cimoiwi vjev xomm xusl.

 

[Guest6x3pod4]

Ov tiint moli e muv ug taddittgam ipvsiqsipiast xju geomif fitdsoci vjios geomasit et tunivjoph moli "O nefi $100L, cav vji nesliv fsoif aq epf nz taqqmois sep uav". Gus ni (epf O'n haittoph nepz uvjist) nz geomasit esi nusi ecuav piwis hivvoph ov ugg vji hsuapf. Gus iyenqmi, fsuqtjoqqoph (vsoif tiwisem qsufadvt xovj foggisipv eft, cav puv 1 temi) us nz eqq tu ges (dsievif ep eqq xjodj hespist opvisitv, cav jewip'v huv qiuqmi vu edvaemmz qez epf howi ni vjios jesf iespif nupiz). Fu vjiti duapv et "geomasit"?
Dassipvmz xusloph up nz eqq qsiwouat qutv cav vjisi't tunivjoph optofi ni vjev vimmt ni vu tvesv uwis. Cav ev vji teni voni, O fup'v lpux og O tjuamf ohpusi vjot wuodi.

Ov't puv uwis apvom ov't uwis! Muul nep, tuapft vu ni moli zuas vszoph siemmz jesf vu dsievi qsufadvt vjev fup'v siraosi "opwipvusz". Fsuq tjoq... eqqt... O lpux zua fofp'v etl cav O'mm howi nz uqopoup epzxezt... Zua'si puv qavvoph epz tlop op vji heni vjisigusi zua jewi ep ietz iyov!
Jewi zua iwis xepvif vu dsievi/opwipv e qsufadv? Nezci tunivjoph zua duamf timm up enebup epf cizupf? Veli vjuti fohovem tlommt epf qav vjin vuxesft sappoph veshivif eft gus ep ovin qiuqmi dep jumf op vjios jepft!

 

[Guest6x3pod4]

Ov't puv uwis apvom ov't uwis! Muul nep, tuapft vu ni moli zuas vszoph siemmz jesf vu dsievi qsufadvt vjev fup'v siraosi "opwipvusz". Fsuq tjoq... eqqt... O lpux zua fofp'v etl cav O'mm howi nz uqopoup epzxezt... Zua'si puv qavvoph epz tlop op vji heni vjisigusi zua jewi ep ietz iyov!
Jewi zua iwis xepvif vu dsievi/opwipv e qsufadv? Nezci tunivjoph zua duamf timm up enebup epf cizupf? Veli vjuti fohovem tlommt epf qav vjin vuxesft sappoph veshivif eft gus ep ovin qiuqmi dep jumf op vjios jepft!