Startup failure post-mortems
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Startup failure post-mortems
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#2For those interested in trends & hard data on startup failure, this may be of interest - http://www.cbinsights.com/blog/trends/startup-death-data
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#3Nice. If the list was editable, I'd add mine:
http://gyrovague.com/2012/12/18/wikitravel-press-seven-lesso...
Interesting how many others have also found "7 lessons" in their failures!
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#4Nice. If the list was editable, I'd add mine: http://gyrovague.com/2012/12/18/wikitravel-press-seven-lesso... Interesting how many others have also found "7 lessons" in their failures!
Thx. We will add yours. If folks know of other post mortems we missed, leave them in comments and we will add them.
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#5A really nice read and great snippets of each article/blog post. I have read some in the past, and even though I may not always agree on their reason for failure, I can definitely relate to others. At the end of the day, building a startup is hard, and if you're not willing to "pivot" either incrementally or sometimes completely, you will fail.
I truly commend these founders for writing about their failures. It's hard to admit you failed, rather alone letting the world know you dropped the ball. In return, we can learn from them, as to not repeat the mistakes they did, but to make our own mistakes (a bit cliche but true)
At the end of the day:
1) build something people want
2) features != product; features = bloat
3) keep learning, keep moving
The number of times I was about to give up only to realize, "wait a second, I completely missed x" and fixed it, has paid me dividends in the past.
Reflect, correct, and kick ass ;)
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#6Nice. If the list was editable, I'd add mine: http://gyrovague.com/2012/12/18/wikitravel-press-seven-lesso... Interesting how many others have also found "7 lessons" in their failures!
Thx. We will add yours. If folks know of other post mortems we missed, leave them in comments and we will add them.
Most of Marc Barros' blog is a post-mortem of Contour: http://marcbarros.com
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#7None of them got lucky...
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#8It always seems so obvious in retrospect but it's hard to think clearly when you're in the gist of doing it and you have a mountain on your shoulders.
Something - how so stupid, I'll admit - that I realized is that even if smart people tell you something, you often need to fail it first to really get it.
Pick the right co-founders? It's one of the most basic rules.. but how many entrepreneurs do you know didn't listen to that.. you?
Focus on product-market fit and only a handful of few features that customers really love..
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#9Startups are hard, and failure is really hard, no matter how much you try or how strong you try to be.
I wrote one of the articles on this list. If your startup is going badly, feel free to reach out: paul [at] circleci.com.
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#10Nice. If the list was editable, I'd add mine: http://gyrovague.com/2012/12/18/wikitravel-press-seven-lesso... Interesting how many others have also found "7 lessons" in their failures!
Thx. We will add yours. If folks know of other post mortems we missed, leave them in comments and we will add them.
We pulled the pin much earlier than most of your list, but if it helps add to the knowledge base: http://everydaydreamholiday.com/2013/03/25/dont-dream-its-ov...