Singh, SPavlovich, K2014-01-282014-01-282014-01-292014-01-292014-01-282014-01-282014-01-292014-01-292011-12-072011-12-0725th ANZAM Conference 2011 held at Amora Hotel Wellington, Wellington New Zealand, 2011-12-05 to 2011-12-09https://hdl.handle.net/10292/6618This article is based on the case study of a New Zealand based entrepreneur and is part of a larger study focused on examining how entrepreneurs stay resilient when experiencing venture failure. Rich descriptions from this case study show that entrepreneurial resilience in the context of venture failure is a combination of the ongoing efforts, hope and acceptance. Spiritual beliefs as well as interactions within the social environment nurture hope and acceptance which helps the entrepreneur in being resilient when dealing with the setback of venture failure.NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication.EntrepreneursEntrepreneurial failureResilienceAdapting to changeConference ContributionOpenAccess