Top 10 Startup Mistakes

Four things make up 79% of all business failures:

#1 – Building something nobody wants (36%)
#2 – Hiring poorly (18%)
#3 – Lack of focus (13%)
#4 – Failing to market & sell (12%)

How to best avoid these failures:

#1 – Always start with the customer, not the product. Get your beta group / user group of customers and work with them to deliver what they love. People will pay you to do what they love, not to just do what you love.

#2 – Outsource to experts who manage themselves, not workers who n...