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Why Startups Fail
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...and other workplace humbug.
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whystartupsfail-blog-blog · 12 years ago
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Incompetence.
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whystartupsfail-blog-blog · 12 years ago
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Pointing the finger.
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whystartupsfail-blog-blog · 12 years ago
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Belittling your employees. Just stop.
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whystartupsfail-blog-blog · 12 years ago
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"We're Instagram for the culinary industry." Sorry, bud... Instagram is the Instagram for the culinary industry.
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whystartupsfail-blog-blog · 12 years ago
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THROW MONEY AT IT!
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whystartupsfail-blog-blog · 12 years ago
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Agile Development (IS NOT AN EXCUSE)
If you don't know what scrum is, I'll tell you let you google it for yourself. The human race needs to become more self-reliant anyway.
But, yea...
Just because your dev team is "agile" doesn't mean you should produce ill-conceived user stories and waste engineering dollars on "something that will change after we get feedback."
No, you idiot. That's a terrible argument.
Get feedback BEFORE you spend thousands and thousands of dollars on off-shore engineering. Prove it in-house first. Do some fucking mockups, sketches for all I care, and walk your users through them.
Trust me—you'll save time, make less mistakes, and get to market faster.
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whystartupsfail-blog-blog · 12 years ago
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The team comes in at 11 am because hey, we're a startup!
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whystartupsfail-blog-blog · 12 years ago
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Giving up too soon. Success might be closer than you think.
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whystartupsfail-blog-blog · 12 years ago
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Chasing the needs of the individual without considering the impact on the whole.
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whystartupsfail-blog-blog · 12 years ago
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Full Disclosure
I'm a bit of an old soul. Mid-twenties with way too much time on my hands, trying to fix everything that's "wrong" in the world around me.
Most of my life is devoted to making someone else's hair-brained dream a reality (while I quietly learn from their mistakes and plot my own maniacal venture). By trade I architect and build consumer-facing products, of both the tangible and digital nature.
Bottom line, and all you really need to know about me, is that I've been around the block.. worked over and rung out.. built up and let down. Prompting me, of course, to start this blog.
Hopefully you enjoy my airing of grievances. If I can provide you with a momentary distraction from everything "wrong" in your life, I'll say it was worth it.
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