Top 10 Pitfalls To Avoid As A Startup

In 2013 I started running startup pitch events for startups to pitch to investors not really understanding that this one event would continue for the next 7 years and over 35 events. Close to 400 startups have pitched at our events called StartupPOP.

I, myself, either run or I am on the board of 5 small tech related small companies or startups. I am hesitant to call them all startups, because one is actually in year 19. Can you call that a startup?

So, it’s not that I have any specific amazing billion dollar experience to tell you how great I am in startups. I am ok at it. Not a mastermind genius. I do like to write about startups. And I am definitely passionate about that. I have had my own tech startups. We can say that most startups, especially tech startups either never get started, never get built, never get enough capital or make any money. These startups many programmers and the tech community create we usually abandon for many reasons. It’s a learning experience usually. I could write another whole article on what makes them fail. Usually it starts with the team, but there are many reasons. I have had one that was sold off, but even that startup was never that big.

I am no expert if you equate success with money. We will get to that later in this article if you read on.

However, from experience, sometimes I come up with trends or spot important elements as to why a startup has succeeded or why it has failed. This is really important in evaluating your potential…