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We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. When people are about to start a startup/side-project they tend to read every success story on their market. With The Failed Startup Article Guide is now time to start learning from failures!
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An analytics startup... Great choice. Just some bad news. There are hundreds of failed analytics businesses, so you will have to work hard and smartly.
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There are some analytics startup post mortem articles that will definitely help you create a successful business.
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Some analytics and big data startups have shared their biggest challenges and lessons.
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No matter the category of your startup, you should definitely check out this resources.
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There is still a lot of spaces in the design market, so you have chosen a great niche. You now only need to learn from other design startup failures!
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Some failed design business owners have luckily shared the mistakes they committed, so that you can avoid making the same errors :)
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No matter the category of your startup, you should definitely check out this resources.
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There are already thousands of e-commerces. You must have a great idea and learn from failures to achieve success with it.
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Discover the principle reasons why e-Commerce fail and avoid committing them!
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What did failed e-Commerces learned? Find it here!
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No matter the category of your startup, you should definitely check out this resources.
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Okay, so... bad news. Educational startups have a high rate of failure, especially EdTech ones. So will have to work hard!
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Failed educational startups don't tend to talk much about their failure. They prefer to keep it reserved. But here is what we could find.
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Some experts have shared their thoughts and beliefs on why so many educational, and especially EdTech, startups fail.
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No matter the category of your startup, you should definitely check out this resources.
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Finances is not an over-saturated market, so great news! Anyway, the majority of the startups fail, especially fin tech ones. Start by learning from others mistakes!
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A few startups have failed and their owners decided to share the mistakes they committed through different articles. Here are some of them:
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Why do so many financial startups fail? Experts have shared their thoughts and beliefs:
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No matter the category of your startup, you should definitely check out this resources.
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Hundreds of startups are trying to disrupt the food and beverage market and launch an extraordinary product. But most of them fail in the process.
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Juicero, Take Eat Easy, SpoonRocket and Sprig are some of the failed companies on the Food & Beverage market. LEarn from their mistakes!
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Hopefully, some people have research and elaborated thoughtful articles on why so many food startups fail. Here are some:
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No matter the category of your startup, you should definitely check out this resources.
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There are thousands, if not millions, of marketing softwares. If you are starting one in this market you will need to learn from the big ones, but also from the failed ones.
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We all know Hubspot, Buffer, AhRefs. But we are not hear to talk about them. We are here to learn from the failed ones.
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No matter the category of your startup, you should definitely check out this resources.
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Starting a music startup, right? Great choice ;) Start by learning from other music companies failures!
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Many failed music startups have luckily share their biggest mistakes and lessons. Take them a look.
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Why do so many music startup fail? Some thought leaders share their beliefs.
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No matter the category of your startup, you should definitely check out this resources.
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Nowadays there are thousands of productivity softwares. 99%, if not 99.99, fail. Learn from them.
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From news readers, to timers, to calendars, here are some articles about failed productivity startups.
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No matter the category of your startup, you should definitely check out this resources.
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Thousands of people have tried to build a startup in the software and hardware market. Most of them have failed. Learn from their mistakes!
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Some of those failed software & hardware startup owners have share their stories, lessons, and mistakes:
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If someone could find the final answer to this question there wouldn't be more failures in this market. But no one has yet. Anyway, here are some opinions of big experts.
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No matter the category of your startup, you should definitely check out this resources.
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Oh, transportation startup. You will have to deal with big competitors. But no problem. Start by learning from failed companies in the transportation market.
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Some founders of failed transportation startups have decided to share their stories so that you can avoid committing their same mistakes.
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No matter the category of your startup, you should definitely check out this resources.
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No matter the category of your startup, you should definitely check out this resources.
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There are many failed startups in the travel market. The best way to start with yours, is to learn from them.
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Dopplr, Adventure and Stayzilla are three examples of failed travel startups. Learn from them and more!
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No matter the category of your startup, you should definitely check out this resources.
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If someone could find the final answer to this question there wouldn't be more failures in this market. But no one has yet. Anyway, here are some opinions of big experts.
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Some experts have tried to answer this question. There is not a complete solution yet, but some interesting thoughts.
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No matter the category of your startup, you should definitely check out this resources.