What causes startup failure?

_{What causes startup failure?}

  _{It's usually not about competing with another startup, competing with a big company coming up in your industry, or getting involved because someone else stole your idea.}

  _{It is often associated with the team - the founders are tired / burned out, lose interest in the idea, do not have the right skills.}

_{Too many people say ‘the product market is not good enough for a startup’ or sales are not high or the technology is not working.}

  _{From what I have seen, almost every successful company is started with a product that does not work, low sales or bad technology.} 

 _{Successful companies (and entrepreneurs) put the time, energy, ideas, etc. into finding what works for individuals.}

  _{In doing so they also took a serious risk (or at least what it would be like when you went through it).}

_{Startup is not a business idea that you try until it works. Startups are a group of people going through an endless maze in the dark, but with the resilience to find a way out.}

    _{Strategic reasons:}

  _{The market is just not there. Startup can happen very quickly, can happen very quickly or never.}

  _{All of these are drug charges so I hope you do not fall into the last category.}

   _{Poor allocation of resources and money.}

  _{I have seen startups hire too many engineers, spend too much on marketing or waste on private helicopter rides (what is a mobile startup?) And meetings for other really crazy expenses.}

  _{Not being able to change your business model in the middle. For the first point, most successful startups change their business models in the middle when they hit the roadblock.}

  _{Do the CEO or management team have the flexibility in their thinking or do their love or personal stubbornness towards the product lead to their downfall?}

  _{Raised a lot of money. Sometimes too much money can lead to lazy or undisciplined management decisions.    So I'd call it "management blindspots" or "big rounds like for entrepreneurs". Money burns faster than most entrepreneurs think.   It's not paper, it's paper dipped in gasoline.}

  _{Raised very  little money. This is what I call funding failure.}   

  _{You raise a very small amount and you always chase the next bridge loan or funding round to take your company to the next half stage.}

  _{It's good to be greedy for your equity, but it becomes  when you drag on product growth or growth.}

  _{If you can raise a good round and when, do it and do not expect investors to back you up and call for a few months. Most beauty queens (or kings) only once.}

  _{Non-Strategic Reasons:}

  _{Lack of faith. It takes a lot of faith for a startup to be successful.}

  _{If the founding team is not trusted from day one, it becomes a slow poison that kills the company.  Lack of subpoint chemistry.} 

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