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The positive benefits of fostering a Growth Mindset in students have been widely reported. Developing the skill of persisting through and learning from failure is key to developing a growth mindset and the entrepreneurial mindset – KEEN (Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network). This work-in-progress paper will examine how an MBL model could be a valuable tool for developing our students’ Failure Mindset. The MBL framework we employ is centered on learning through practice and coaching – making mistakes and learning from those mistakes, frequent low-stakes assessments, analyzing the results for further practice, and coaching on that skill or before moving forward to the next skill. A positive Failure Mindset looks at failure as a positive outcome that enhances one’s opportunities for learning. In this study, we will explore preliminary data by examining three groups of students: • entering first-year students, including those enrolled in an MBL course and those not enrolled in this course, • third-year students enrolled in an MBL course – 90% of these students have previously taken at least one MBL course, • and students enrolled in a one-semester off-campus alternative MBL-assessed project-based learning curriculum. We will use an established tool for assessing Failure Mindset and test the following hypotheses. • H1 – At initial assessment, students in 3rd-year students will exhibit a higher propensity toward a positive Failure Mindset than the entering first-year students. • H2 – The measure of Failure Mindset will increase over the course of the semester for all 3 groups of students. • H3 – the 1st year students in the MBL course will exhibit a more positive failure mindset at the end of the semester than those not enrolled in an MBL course.