Three common mistakes
At various times, Allmand Law and Startup Genome Report calculated that at the beginning of their existence, more than 90% of launched IT startups die.
And it is clear that hitting 10% is mainly about luck, but mistakes can reduce the possibility of luck to zero, and instead of taking off, you will get an emergency landing.
Not enough commercial and market research
A number of entrepreneurs do not study buyers and competitors, but want to create a product faster while they are burning with an idea.
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Anton Nemkin, in turn, recalled the recent sale to Uber of his drone development unit, which in fact became such a "pit" where, according to one investor from the company, $ 2.5 billion was thrown into the wind.
“The reality is that drones will not be profitable for at least a few more years and everyone suffers losses on them. The community reiterated like a mantra that with the advent of the drone era, Uber will begin to receive superprofits, which will more than cover multi-year billions of dollars in losses, but Uber decided to stop pouring money there and developed a plan B. "