Fact: 90% of startups fail. How will they Fail?

Here are 15 mistakes to check. Are you making one or many of these mistakes?

Fact: 90% of startups fail.

Even the best founders can fall into hidden traps.

Here are 15 mistakes to avoid (according to Y Combinator):

1. Single Founder
2. Bad Location
3. Marginal Niche
4. Derivative Idea
5. Obstinacy
6. Hiring Bad Programmers
7. Choosing the Wrong Platform
8. Slowness in Launching
9. Launching Too Early
10. Having No Specific User in Mind
11. Raising Too Little Money
12. Spending Too Much
13. Raising Too Much Money
14. Poor Investor Management
15. Sacrificing Users to (Supposed) Profit

Chris Tottman often advises founders to focus on flexibility, user-first principles, and scaling responsibly.

These are the antidotes to some of the most common pitfalls.

What other mistakes do you think founders should watch out for? Let’s discuss.

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