Why Start-Ups Fail
Avoiding the traps on the path to commercial success
Why Start-Ups Fail
Avoiding the traps on the path to commercial success
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Description
A shocking 90% of start-ups fail. Many of these failures are preventable, but you need to understand the causes and how to avoid them – both as an entrepreneur and an investor.
From technology to the market, from leadership to money, there are numerous reasons why your start-up will fail. Bernie Bulkin – who has been at both sides of the investment table – guides you through the six major reasons why start-ups fail, and how to avoid them.
Instead of accepting failure as inevitable, this book breaks down the main reasons why start-ups fail and how to turn them on their head. Whether you're a founder or an investor, if you're going to put in the time, money, and effort to ensure a company succeeds, you should go in with your eyes open. Bernie's common-sense approach offers the experience of a venture capitalist who has been there and done that.
Leadership at all levels makes a difference. Using real-life examples, and applying behavioural economics to venture decision-making, Why Start-Ups Fail spotlights what founders most often lack, and shares the who, how, and why of making a start-up succeed and avoiding the traps blocking your path to commercial success.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: The horrible premise of a business based on failure
Chapter 2: The world of start-ups and their backers
Chapter 3: The first cause of failure – the technology doesn't work
Chapter 4: The second cause of failure – the market
Chapter 5: The third cause of failure – missing engineers
Chapter 6: The fourth cause of failure – leadership
Chapter 7: The fifth cause – the board fails the company
Chapter 8: The sixth cause – money or the lack of it
Chapter 9: This, that, and the other thing
Chapter 10: We can do this better
Chapter 11: Could this actually work?
Product details
| Published | May 14 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 240 |
| ISBN | 9781399430227 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Business |
| Dimensions | 9 x 6 inches |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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