The Man in the Arena
About entrepreneurship: wanting to win, being able to lose, and starting over again
Dieter Penninckx
- The
- credit
- belongs
- to
- the
- man
- who
- is
- actually
- in
- the
- arena,
- whose
- face
- is
- marred
- by
- dust
- and
- sweat
- and
- blood;
- who
- strives
- valiantly;
- who
- errs,
- who
- comes
- short
- again
- and
- again,
- because
- there
- is
- no
- effort
- without
- error
- and
- shortcoming;
- but
- who
- does
- actually
- strive
- to
- do
- the
- deeds;
- ()
- who
- at
- the
- best
- knows
- in
- the
- end
- the
- triumph
- of
- high
- achievement,
- and
- who
- at
- the
- worst,
- if
- he
- fails,
- at
- least
- fails
- while
- daring
- greatly,
- so
- reads
- a
- famous
- speech
- by
- Theodore
- Roosevelt.With
- those
- words
- in
- mind,
- Dieter
- Penninckx
- shares
- anecdotes
- and
- contemplates
- life
- lessons,
- taken
- from
- his
- school
- days,
- his
- time
- as
- a
- Scout,
- and
- his
- business
- and
- soccer
- experience.
- The
- stories
- give
- an
- honest
- insight
- into
- the
- life
- of
- an
- entrepreneur
- who
- flew
- high,
- fell
- deep
- and
- stood
- back
- up
- again.
- They
- show
- his
- trophies
- as
- well
- as
- his
- scars.
- In
- this
- way,
- they
- aim
- to
- inspire
- other
- starters
- and
- entrepreneurs
- in
- the
- arena
- to
- persevere,
- while
- also
- offering
- courage
- and
- solace
- when
- things
- go
- wrong
- The
- Man
- in
- the
- Arena
- takes
- the
- reader
- on
- a
- journey
- to
- the
- core
- of
- entrepreneurship,
- showing
- it
- at
- its
- most
- vulnerable.
- Because
- being
- an
- entrepreneur
- is
- part
- of
- your
- identity,
- for
- better
- or
- for
- worse.Dieter
- Penninckx
- is
- an
- engineer,
- family
- man,
- football
- fanatic,
- lifelong
- scout,
- but
- above
- all
- an
- entrepreneur.
- As
- co-founder
- of
- fashion-
- and
- lifestyle-company
- FNG
- (which
- peaked
- at
- a
- turnover
- of
- around
- 800
- million
- euros
- with
- brands
- such
- as
- Fred
- &
- Ginger,
- Brantano,
- Claudia
- Strter
- and
- the
- Swedish
- Ellos)
- he
- quickly
- became
- one
- of
- Flanders
- most
- promising
- entrepreneurs.
- Dieter
- was
- the
- CEO
- of
- FNG
- for
- over
- 15
- years,
- and
- also
- the
- main
- shareholder
- of
- KV
- Mechelen
- for
- a
- period
- of
- 5 years.
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