7. Co-Founder Relationships Can’t work well together Circumstances (Marriage, Newborn) Just don’t get along Immoral personality type
8. Inability to attract and retain critical mass of users Paypal, Linkedin, Slide, Square, Yelp, Milo, Yammer, etc
9. Inability to attract and retain critical mass of users Customer acquisition is difficult Clear value proposition Take attention away from current stresses
17. Not a Real (High Growth) Entrepreneur Not the right risk appetite Create a job and not a company Doesn’t hustle Not the right personality type
18. Summary Co-Founder Relationships Retaining customers/users Build something nobody wants Market is not there Cash flow / funding Bonus: Not a real entrepreneur
19. Questions? Chris McCann @McCannatron chris@startupdigest.com Can you build a successful startup outside of Silicon Valley What are some epic startup failures? Can you launch too early? What are x for y startups? Can I do a startup if I have a full time job? What about platform risk? What about single founder startups? What are some epic startup failures turned success?