Start-up killers

One of my mottos in life is the belief that failure is the blueprint to success. however, failure is only a friend if you learn from it. failure does no good if you keep going back and make the same mistakes that caused it in the first place.
so here are some reasons why your start-up will fail.

  • You’re only motivated by money
  • You give up when things get hard.
  • You’ll get excited about something else
  • You don’t really believe in what your doing, making or selling
  • You lose interest because you took too long to bootstrap it
  • You believe that your ‘awesome’ product will gain automatic distribution.
  • Unsupportive spouse (It applies especially when you’re obsessing over your passion)

just keep them in mind, but don’t let them stop you.

About Author: :
shaff works at geeks company and co-host technology podcast giklzr.com. you can reach him at shaff@mvgeeks.com, and on twitter at @shaff.
Website:http://shaffah.com

  1. iamnabeel (Reply) on Sunday 11, 2010

    @shaff Good stuff.. a great example of helping each other…. if i may, let me share something i have written a year back that might have some relevance to this topic… enjoy reading…
    “Setting Goals” http://www.iamnabeel.com/nabeel/setting-goals

    • rhipha (Reply) on Sunday 11, 2010

      @shaff good advice for the young start up enthusiasts out there.

      @iamnabeel your writeup is awesome too. hope Mr.Shareef grasped a good chunk out of it and is achieving success in his dream

  2. Bassam (Reply) on Sunday 11, 2010

    Hi @Shaff hehe i think we need a behaviour modification expert to train our staff like u mentioned on twitter,.
    and @iamnabeel ur contribution in this community are really useful and valuable 2.

  3. pharmacy technician (Reply) on Sunday 11, 2010

    Great site. A lot of useful information here. I’m sending it to some friends!