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So Many Ways Startups Can Fail

Posted by Susan Hall Nov 17, 2009 11:01:09 AM

In a presentation at the University of Washington, aQuantive co-founder Scott Lipsky said he had made a list of 721 reasons startups fail. However, he winnowed it down to 10 for his talk, reports TechFlash.

 

Yes, one of them is funding problems -- not just getting money, but failing to maintain a frugal mindset, he says.

 

In an interview with IT Business Edge's Ann All,  Sramana Mitra, a technology entrepreneur and strategy consultant in Silicon Valley, talked about how that bootstrapping mentality pays off.

 

Some of Lipsky's other reasons startups fail:

  • Unsustainable business model.
  • Poor market timing.
  • Weak execution plan.
  • And just a bad idea.

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