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Why Your Web Startup Will Fail

by Tim Berry on January 2, 2009

Read through this list, by Eric Karjaluoto, of reasons your web startup will fail. You won’t have an audience. You’ll run out of money. You’ll get frustrated, you’ll lose interest . . . but, he adds with emphasis:

But it probably won’t be the competition.

That’s a good post. Thanks to Guy Kawasaki for pointing this one out in Twitter.

I try to be grateful for the voice-of-doom lists and negative vibes, which I think is Eric’s point as well. If you can’t surmount lists like this, keep your day job.

About Tim Berry

Tim Berry

Tim Berry is the founder of Palo Alto Software, a co-founder of Borland International, and a recognized expert in business planning. Tim is the originator of plan-as-you-go business planning. He has an MBA from Stanford and degrees with honors from the University of Oregon and the University of Notre Dame. Today, Tim dedicates most of his time to blogging, teaching, and evangelizing for business planning. His full biography is available on his blog.

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Greg Digneo January 6, 2009 at 12:34 pm

So true Tim. Most entrepreneurs quit on their startup well before the competition has a chance to bring them down.

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