Tag: startup

  • How to break the business curse

    How to break the business curse

    By now you know that the world of new business is full of obstacles. The failure rates of 50% of all new businesses closing by their fourth year and 71% by their tenth year are a testament to this. The land of the entrepreneur seems a treacherous pursuit. But alas the world need not be so…

  • 5 Mistakes when starting a business

    5 Mistakes when starting a business

    Let’s get things straight, there is no way in the world that starting a business is going to be easy. However to make your life a little easier, we’ve detected five common mistakes that you should definitely avoid. 1. Not having a plan You need to decide where you see yourself in the future and how you…

  • Finding a Co-Founder

    Finding a Co-Founder

    Finding a co-founder is difficult but also critical. An analysis of dataset of 100,000 startups by Startup Genome showed that solo founders take 3.6x longer to reach the scale stage, compare to 2-3 co-founders. You might be lucky and have friends to partner up with but what are other ways people have come together and…