The 18 Mistakes That Kill Startups

The classic way to burn through cash is by hiring a lot of people.

This bites you twice: in addition to increasing your costs, it slows

you down—so money that's getting consumed faster has to last

longer. Most hackers understand why that happens; Fred Brooks

explained it in The Mythical Man-Month.We have three general suggestions about hiring: (a) don'... See more

Slowness in LaunchingCompanies of all sizes have a hard time getting software done. It's

intrinsic to the medium; software is always 85% done. It takes an

effort of will to push through this and get something released to

users.

[3]Startups make all kinds of excuses for delaying their launch. Most

are equivalent to the ones people use for procrastinating... See more