Tuesday 19 July 2016

7 Tips to Prevent Early Stage Failure in Startups





There are 1000s of entrepreneurs who are working on beginning their own company, or who have just launched their own firm. Let’s discuss about some general mistakes made when starting out, how to reject using them.


1. Know your potential
One of the largest mistakes you can make early is not trusting that your business is going to be a large success. This often leads to insufficient planning, and making decisions that are convenient of your present situation, rather than ones that will pay off in the high run. Don’t short change yourself – plan large.


2. Value experience
When recruiting for your start-up, it is simple to overlook experienced individuals. People generally lead toward finding talent and training them, rather than finding persons with true experience under their belts. But don’t deceive yourself, experience matters.  Bring in seasoned talent is actually vital to the success and momentum of a start-up. It may cost a pretty more, but it is value every penny.

3. Find your niche
A general mistake fresh businesses make is trying to cater to a big range of customer needs. Some of the remarkable suggestion when starting out would be to find your niche, target on it, and execute it. Don’t try and perform everything right away. If you pick one vertical and do it very well, other people will come.

4. Social media

As a boss, or co-founder, being active on social media site will not only support you make a brand for your business, but also place you as though boss on many problem plaguing the globe today. It will help build links as well as share your journey with others.

6. Have a craze besides your startup
It is vital to have a hobby – which you worship besides building your start-up. It forever keeps you engaged and betters your persona. You may not improve in your startup – but hobby such as sports, music, or even fish hunting can make you feel expert and decrease stress.

7. Rejection is not failure
Often businesses take rejection too personally. The buyer may have a different need which you could not recognize rightly. Rejection by investors is not necessarily a failure; it is a chance to build relationship and constructive feedback. With every refusal, you have built a strong connection, to sell something else to the customer in future. There are lessons to learn even when the reply is “no”.


CA Hemant Gupta
hemant@neusourceindia.com
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