Startup Failure
10 Common Startup Failure Sources
By Martin at April 2, 2015 | 10:55 am | 0 Comment
Every entrepreneur I know has their favorite excuse for a previous failure – an investor backed out, the economy took a downturn, or a supplier delivered bad quality. These things outside your control do happen, but based on my years of experience as a startup advisor and Angel investor, I still see too many common failure causes that are inside the entrepreneur more...
How To Deal With Your Startup Company Failure
By Martin at October 7, 2014 | 10:53 am | 0 Comment
Your startup is gone, it’s never coming back, and you are in mourning. An entrepreneur whose business fails grieves similarly to anyone who has lost a loved one. The pain of losing a business is not only about a significant loss of income, but can send your entire identity into turmoil. Most entrepreneurs define themselves by their business projects. They calibrate more...
How To Minimize Startup Failure?
By Martin at November 12, 2013 | 8:15 am | 0 Comment
Based on my experience as a mentor and an entrepreneur, if you fail on your first startup, you are about average. That’s not bad, but who wants to be average? Every young entrepreneur knows implicitly that startup success is a long hard road.Statistics show that the failure rate for new startups within the first 5 years is higher than 50 percent. How can you improve more...
How To Deal With Your Startup Failure
By Martin at September 3, 2013 | 8:01 am | 0 Comment
If your first startup fails, you are about average. Most entrepreneurs fail on at least one attempt. Investors agree that an entrepreneur who has never failed probably hasn’t pushed the limits. What investors look for is not that you never fail, but that you learn from the failure, maintain a positive attitude, and work with integrity on the next one. According to more...
