6 Essential Lessons From Top Founders

David S. Kidder, serial entrepreneur and Clickable founder, divulges the most important advice that came out of interviews he did with the world's most successful entrepreneurs.

Next month, serial entrepreneur and Clickable founder David S. Kidder will publish "The Start-up Playbook: Secrets of the Fastest Growing Start-ups from Their Founding Entrepreneurs."

In an interview with Inc. editor-at-large Leigh Buchanan, Kidder divulged his favorite excerpts from his top-entrepreneur interviews. They are published below. Click here to read Kidder's full interview with Buchanan.

Embrace Failure
"When I was growing up, my dad would encourage my brother and me to fail."