Comments on: Ten reasons why startups fail http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/02/26/ten-reasons-why-startups-fail/ Nic Brisbourne's view from London on venture capital and exploiting change in technology and media Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: brisbourne http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/02/26/ten-reasons-why-startups-fail/#comment-12621 brisbourne Tue, 05 Oct 2010 08:12:00 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/02/26/ten-reasons-why-startups-fail/#comment-12621 Thanks. I will look at your list later Thanks. I will look at your list later

]]> By: ChubbyBrain http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/02/26/ten-reasons-why-startups-fail/#comment-12618 ChubbyBrain Tue, 05 Oct 2010 02:22:00 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/02/26/ten-reasons-why-startups-fail/#comment-12618 Nic - Great perspective by Tim whose obviously seen a lot of startups (wins & losses). One way to learn why startups fail is by looking at folks who've failed. It's often tough to find these given the survivorship bias, i.e. we like to talk about wins/not losses. But the startup community is amazingly generous in sharing their insights even when the outcome is negative. We put together a list of 25 (and counting) of the best startup failure post-mortems. There are many nuggets of wisdom that can be gleaned from these founders and their posts. http://www.chubbybrain.com/blog/2010/10/startup-failure-post-mortem/ Nic – Great perspective by Tim whose obviously seen a lot of startups (wins & losses). One way to learn why startups fail is by looking at folks who’ve failed. It’s often tough to find these given the survivorship bias, i.e. we like to talk about wins/not losses.

But the startup community is amazingly generous in sharing their insights even when the outcome is negative. We put together a list of 25 (and counting) of the best startup failure post-mortems. There are many nuggets of wisdom that can be gleaned from these founders and their posts.

http://www.chubbybrain.com/blog/2010/10/startup-failure-post-mortem/

]]> By: ChubbyBrain http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/02/26/ten-reasons-why-startups-fail/#comment-12617 ChubbyBrain Tue, 05 Oct 2010 02:22:00 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/02/26/ten-reasons-why-startups-fail/#comment-12617 Nic - Great perspective by Tim whose obviously seen a lot of startups (wins & losses). One way to learn why startups fail is by looking at folks who've failed. It's often tough to find these given the survivorship bias, i.e. we like to talk about wins/not losses. But the startup community is amazingly generous in sharing their insights even when the outcome is negative. We put together a list of 25 (and counting) of the best startup failure post-mortems. There are many nuggets of wisdom that can be gleaned from these founders and their posts. http://www.chubbybrain.com/blog/2010/10/startup-failure-post-mortem/ Nic – Great perspective by Tim whose obviously seen a lot of startups (wins & losses). One way to learn why startups fail is by looking at folks who’ve failed. It’s often tough to find these given the survivorship bias, i.e. we like to talk about wins/not losses.

But the startup community is amazingly generous in sharing their insights even when the outcome is negative. We put together a list of 25 (and counting) of the best startup failure post-mortems. There are many nuggets of wisdom that can be gleaned from these founders and their posts.

http://www.chubbybrain.com/blog/2010/10/startup-failure-post-mortem/

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/02/26/ten-reasons-why-startups-fail/#comment-12580 Anonymous Fri, 01 Oct 2010 06:42:00 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/02/26/ten-reasons-why-startups-fail/#comment-12580 Thanks for this wonderfull list. Entering in the field of stock market is all about risk and return, and because your money is at more risk in the stock market than if you park it in a savings or CD (by the way, the money you invest in a CD is probably reinvested by the company offering the CD), the potential return is higher. It’s true that the gyrations in the stock market can cause both large losses and large gains, but if your investment time horizon is long enough, these short-term fluctuations will result in relatively high returns. It is generally accepted, that the average long term return from investing in stocks is 10-12%. This is much higher than the average CD or savings rate of 4-6%. <a href="http://niftyoptiontips.wordpress.com/sure-shot-nifty-option-tips/" rel="nofollow">Option Tips</a> Thanks for this wonderfull list.
Entering in the field of stock market is all about risk and return, and because your money is at more risk in the stock market than if you park it in a savings or CD (by the way, the money you invest in a CD is probably reinvested by the company offering the CD), the potential return is higher. It’s true that the gyrations in the stock market can cause both large losses and large gains, but if your investment time horizon is long enough, these short-term fluctuations will result in relatively high returns. It is generally accepted, that the average long term return from investing in stocks is 10-12%. This is much higher than the average CD or savings rate of 4-6%.
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]]> By: A renewed sense of focus, passion and energy are key ingredients | WAYN Founders Blog http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/02/26/ten-reasons-why-startups-fail/#comment-5795 A renewed sense of focus, passion and energy are key ingredients | WAYN Founders Blog Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:35:21 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/02/26/ten-reasons-why-startups-fail/#comment-5795 [...] Brisbourne,  Partner at DFJ Esprit Capital Partners, actually had an interesting post on his blog (more here) – an extract of the 10 reasons as to why startups tend to fail is [...] [...] Brisbourne,  Partner at DFJ Esprit Capital Partners, actually had an interesting post on his blog (more here) – an extract of the 10 reasons as to why startups tend to fail is [...]

]]> By: brisbourne http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/02/26/ten-reasons-why-startups-fail/#comment-6369 brisbourne Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:51:26 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/02/26/ten-reasons-why-startups-fail/#comment-6369 Good question Alan - it would be a different sort of list though as companies can fail for a single reason whilst success requires a multitude of things to all be in place. Further, whilst whilst we can all agree on what failure looks like sucess means differen things to different people. <br><br>Great market and great product would be a good start though. Good question Alan – it would be a different sort of list though as companies can fail for a single reason whilst success requires a multitude of things to all be in place. Further, whilst whilst we can all agree on what failure looks like sucess means differen things to different people.

Great market and great product would be a good start though.

]]> By: Alan Munro http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/02/26/ten-reasons-why-startups-fail/#comment-6368 Alan Munro Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:18:37 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/02/26/ten-reasons-why-startups-fail/#comment-6368 How about sharing the top 10 reasons why start ups succeed? Is it just a case of not making most of the mistakes noted above along with a having lots of good ideas that their market actually likes? How about sharing the top 10 reasons why start ups succeed? Is it just a case of not making most of the mistakes noted above along with a having lots of good ideas that their market actually likes?

]]> By: brisbourne http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/02/26/ten-reasons-why-startups-fail/#comment-4602 brisbourne Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:51:26 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/02/26/ten-reasons-why-startups-fail/#comment-4602 Good question Alan - it would be a different sort of list though as companies can fail for a single reason whilst success requires a multitude of things to all be in place. Further, whilst whilst we can all agree on what failure looks like sucess means differen things to different people. <br><br>Great market and great product would be a good start though. Good question Alan – it would be a different sort of list though as companies can fail for a single reason whilst success requires a multitude of things to all be in place. Further, whilst whilst we can all agree on what failure looks like sucess means differen things to different people.

Great market and great product would be a good start though.

]]> By: Alan Munro http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/02/26/ten-reasons-why-startups-fail/#comment-4601 Alan Munro Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:18:37 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/02/26/ten-reasons-why-startups-fail/#comment-4601 How about sharing the top 10 reasons why start ups succeed? Is it just a case of not making most of the mistakes noted above along with a having lots of good ideas that their market actually likes? How about sharing the top 10 reasons why start ups succeed? Is it just a case of not making most of the mistakes noted above along with a having lots of good ideas that their market actually likes?

]]> By: Finance Geek » Ten reasons why startups fail http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/02/26/ten-reasons-why-startups-fail/#comment-4534 Finance Geek » Ten reasons why startups fail Sat, 28 Feb 2009 03:34:35 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/02/26/ten-reasons-why-startups-fail/#comment-4534 [...] More… [...] [...] More… [...]

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