The 18 Mistakes That Kill Startups
"The 18 Mistakes That Kill Startups," documents the mistakes that startups make that doom them from the time of entering the corporate world. As usual, I like Paul Graham's startup advice, mainly because he takes pretty obvious things and puts them right in your face.
1. Single Founder
2. Bad Location
3. Marginal Niche
4. Derivative Idea
5. Obstinacy
6. Hiring Bad Programmers
7. Choosing the Wrong Platform
8. Slowness in Launching
9. Launching Too Early
10. Having No Specific User in Mind
11. Raising Too Little Money
12. Spending Too Much
13. Raising Too Much Money
14. Poor Investor Management
15. Sacrificing Users to (Supposed) Profit
16. Not Wanting to Get Your Hands Dirty
17. Fights Between Founders
18. A Half-Hearted Effort
I have reprinted the list here but for their explanation you will need to read this post: http://paulgraham.com/s...
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