10 Mistakes That Can Kill Your Startup
(A thread every founder should read!)
1. Chasing too many ideas – Focus is your superpower.
2. No planning or poor planning – Strategy > luck.
3. Ignoring design – Good design = better trust & UX.
4. Not bui
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Hey I am on Medial • 1m
No. 6 hits bad. Founders want VC money but then run their startup like a 9-to-5. This ain’t corporate life. If you can’t take a bet, why are you even in the game? lol.
A lot of founders think funding = validation, but that’s just step one. If you can’t turn that capital into real, sustainable growth, it’s just a countdown to running out of cash. Just because a startup raises VC money doesn’t mean it’s successful. V
Top 10 accelerators that you can apply at a super early stage 👇
1. Y Combinator | Pre-Seed, $500k for ~10%
2. Entrepreneur First | No team, $250k for ~9%
3. South Park Commons| Pre-Idea, $1M
4. Antler Global | Pre-Seed, $250k for 9%
5. Sequoia
Top 10 Fastest-Growing Startups
1. 🇺🇸OpenAI – AI
2. 🇮🇳Zepto – Hyperfast grocery delivery
3. 🇸🇬Shein – E-commerce (HQ in Singapore)
4. 🇺🇸Rippling – HR tech
5. 🇺🇸Anthropic – AI safety
6. 🇺🇸Ramp – Corporate spending
7. 🇺🇸Deel – Remote hi
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Comet
#freelancer • 28d
15+ Must Watch Movies for Programmers🧑💻🤖
1. The Matrix
2. The Social Network
3. Source Code
4. The Imitation Game
5. Silicon Valley
6. Mr. Robot
7. Jobs
8. The Founder
9. The Social Dilemma
10. The Great Hack
11. Halt and Catch Fire
12. Wargames
VC Tales:
Rajan Anandan, the celebrated VC, has a penchant for backing game-changers.
-His $3M seed in Ola, India's ride-hailing giant, set the stage.
-The $2M Series A in Freshworks, now a $10B SaaS unicorn, displayed his foresight.
-Rajan's
💥 "Startups Are Failing Because They’re Too Busy Copying Corporates!" 💥
Startups often think they need to operate like big corporations to succeed. Here's the brutal truth: Corporates can crush startups because they’ve mastered the game YOU are tr
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Aastha
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Raising VC Money? Tips No One Tells You :
1) Don’t Chase VCs, Attract Them - Build something so good they can’t ignore you.
2) Traction > Decks - Fancy pitch decks don’t matter if your numbers don’t add up.
3) Investors Follow Other Investors - G
According to Y Combinator, here are 15 common mistakes to steer clear of:
1. Single Founder
2. Bad Location
3. Marginal Niche
4. Derivative Idea
5. Obstinacy
6. Hiring Bad Programmers
7. Choosing the Wrong Platform
8. Slowness in Launching
9. Launch
We did a pivot to save our company!
We started as an experience gifting platform that was a gifting marketplace for experiences like fine dines, salons, spa, etc
Raised a VC round and initially got traction but soon realised that the high CAC and f
I own one(1) thing, which "Elon Musk" cannot own even with 400Billion+Dollars
That is I am freaking:
Young, I have
Brain-To think
Eyes-To see
Legs-To move
Hands-To work
Heart- To Breathe
Ears-To hear & so on..
Still thinking? What I own... It's
