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Re: Startup Communities and Startup Failure

Oyun indir — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 08:11:37 -0000

I especially love reading post mortems - it's easy to say what you did right when you're a success

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acarrothers — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:38:35 -0000

Thank you for the link to the Roger Ehrenberg article. I enjoyed reading about his mistakes and will hopefully learn not to repat them in my own ventures.

Re: Startup Communities and Startup Failure

Mister Gibson — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:05:25 -0000

I'm afraid that i wouldn't have the nerve to invest a heap load of money on something that is so uncertain, i wouldn't be able to sleep at night, some people in life thrive on the risk taking, not for me i'm afraid, regards, mick..

Re: Startup Communities and Startup Failure

Sid Savara — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:21:03 -0000

Thanks for pointing these out. I especially love reading post mortems - it's easy to say what you did right when you're a success, but I think we all learn more from reading about critical mistakes made by others.

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Harvey — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:53:50 -0000

Thanks for pointing out these two articles, the were very helpful.

Re: Startup Communities and Startup Failure

Rick — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:49:07 -0000

Ben, it's true that probably 90% of the companies investors invest in fail, but the 10% that succeed, investors reap incredible benefits. That's the whole foundation behind venture capital; when a company succeeds, venture capitalists can make hundreds of times their investment back, which covers their failed ventures and more.

Re: Startup Communities and Startup Failure

Ben Yoskovitz — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 02:31:17 -0000

@bhicks: Investors typically lose. Of course it depends on the deal structure; there may be some residual value that investors get through the IP, asset ownership, etc. but that's still a failure.

Re: Startup Communities and Startup Failure

bhicks — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 01:27:05 -0000

So what happens to the money they raised and do the investors loose?

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Don Maes — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:32:01 -0000

We have not only learned so much from others who have given of their time and experience in online communities, it is equally important to remember to try and give back as well. Giving spreads giving, that how small business survive!

Re: Startup Communities and Startup Failure

Karl Goldfield — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:39:36 -0000

Some great insight. We should as communities bond together and share the good, and the not so good. It is usually from understanding of the not so good that the best emerges.

Edison and the light bulb, many know this story is the best way of looking at it.

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Mehdi Akiki — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:10:21 -0000

I hope to see this happen in the next events here in Montreal. The next tech entrepreneur breakfast should be a good place to start this debate. I am ready to share my own failures as well. As well as how I want to do to improve my own outcome.

Re: Startup Communities and Startup Failure

Heidi — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:13:23 -0000

After reading this review I had to post my comments. I totally agree with this and would love to participate in any events or meetings that help entrepreneurs swap ideas and help each other avoid major mistakes. I am an entrepreneur with an early stage company and I have been successfully bootstrapping the company todate. I believe in some cases venture capital is needed at some point in the company's history but from the get go I think its premature unless it can be justified. Remember the old school way was to build your company from scratch with nothing more than loans and grants. Many successfully accomplished this.

Re: Startup Communities and Startup Failure

Olli — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:17:50 -0000

Thank you for pointing to these two articles.