25 Tips to Make Sure Your Startup Doesn’t Fail

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25 Tips to Make Sure Your Startup Doesnt Fail
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• 1. Know your purpose
• What need does your startup address? Why will
  people care? If you can answer these two major
  questions youre already well on your way to
  success.
• 2. Do something you love
• If your heart isnt in it, the temptation to bail
  during difficult times will be high. If youre
  able to do something that you love, youll have
  much more motivation to keep persevering.
  Startups require more than a 40 hour work
  weekmake sure this is something youre willing
  to do around the clock!

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• 3. Believe in yourself
• Self-doubt can be crippling, so its important
  that you believe in yourself. If you know that
  youre putting 100 percent into making your
  business a success, youll find that
  self-confidence often follows.
• 4. Surround yourself with supportive people
• While you dont want to surround yourself with
  yes men, its also important that you dont
  have to constantly contend with people putting
  you and your business down. Dont waste your time
  or energy on the defense.

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• 5. Learn from criticism
• Relentless negativity is of no use to you, but
  thoughtful criticism can be very valuable. Any
  opportunity to improve an aspect of your business
  should be warmly welcomed.
• 6. Challenge conventional wisdom
• Learn to spot when helpful advice is merely a
  suggestion to conform to the popular paradigm of
  the times.
• 7. Keep learning
• Think you know it all? Think again. Theres
  always more to learn, so be wary of becoming too
  complacent. Everything you learn is an
  opportunity to improve your business. That goes
  for mistakes as wellall startups will suffer
  from mistakes, but the entrepreneurs that learn
  from them are likely to be in the successful 25
  percent.

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• 8. Pick a good name
• Good can be a subjective qualifier, so you
  should try making your decision based on what
  your target audience would enjoy.
• 9. Serve your customer, not yourself
• While you should rightfully feel ownership of
  your startup, remember that ultimately its there
  to serve your customer and not youvanity
  projects wont last long. Keep the customer in
  mind with every decision you make, and youll
  build a product or service they can get excited
  about.
• 10. Find out what your customers want
• Blindly assuming you know what your customers
  want could prove costly. Fortunately, researching
  it first doesnt have to be expensiveyou can
  search forums, ask questions on social media, or
  spend some money on surveying opinions (and save
  yourself a pricey mistake!)
• Source - https//articles.bplans.com/be-the-25-per
  cent-25-tips-to-make-your-startup-a-success/

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