Failure Questions

What's the biggest failure you had while building a startup and what was the take away?

Success Founders Failure Learning Startups

asked Jun 16 '14 at 21:25

Verdell Smith
22 points

So me and 2 other cofounders spent a year building a product together, however it got no traction. We have a ery expensive buyout price however, but I don't think it makes sense to buy them out. So...

Co-Founder Equity Failure Startups

asked Oct 22 '14 at 21:10

User34175
16 points

It always happens when I launch new apps. A month or two into marketing it, there is very little growth or paid customers. Which leads to me losing interest or getting pessimistic about the app...

Marketing Launch Strategy Failure Pivot

asked May 22 '15 at 11:43

Robert Miller
14 points

I have been working for the past 2 years on my start up product as it stands: 1) I have the mobile application built and ready for launch 2) The backend is all done3) We have conducted beta...

Career Failure Startups

asked Oct 3 '15 at 00:35

User34199
46 points

I'm currently 25 years old. About 2 years ago (at the age of 23), I quit my job and started a company with two friends. I dedicated a lot of time and hard work to it. I used to code 12 - 15 hours...

Career Jobs Failure

asked Nov 18 '13 at 06:49

Sticox
79 points

What are some hurdles you'll come across while hunting for a job after trying to build your own startups (unsuccessfully for 5+ years)?I'm a software engineer. I'm a generalist who does many other...

Jobs Failure Entrepreneurship

asked Mar 19 '14 at 19:13

Mike Steve
40 points

What was the biggest mistake you made during the first few months of your startup?

Marketing Failure Startups Stategy

asked Mar 14 '14 at 22:01

John Aquino
55 points

My co-founder and I have been working on a bunch of different apps for Android that just aren't going anywhere.While we both hold full time jobs and do this on the side, how do I break it to him...

Co-Founder Apps Failure

asked Mar 3 '14 at 22:36

Susan Wagner
60 points

I completed my MBA in 2012 and then worked for 6 months as an analyst, but quit my job to work on a startup. I am not a technical person so I hired a company to develop the website and we ran...

MBA Day Job Failure

asked Dec 4 '13 at 20:06

Kriti
6 points

I created a web application that allowed users to share their ideas using a twitter like interface with some decent capabilities like location,search,voting and (ideas as response) , response...

Getting Started Failure Web App

asked Aug 26 '13 at 20:10

Arko D
101 points

In the case that startup I'm working on for several years is going to fail, what is the best way to get most experience out of it? I see the following options: Try to continue in the same...

Failure

asked Aug 26 '13 at 06:47

Jhexp
105 points

I recently decided to end my startup project. I've been working with a few testers and communicating with many potential customers via email blasts. They are expecting us to release a production...

Failure

asked May 28 '13 at 13:34

Sguptaet
242 points

So I develop further and further on a web project. I put in some considerable amount of money. But the more I develop the less I enjoy doing it, I hate it, doing it all on my own. All the time new...

Motivation Failure

asked Dec 11 '12 at 14:48

User1505034
31 points

I have been working on an education services startup for about 1 Year. At this stage the whole product must be completed, but I still have ~30% remaining. Following is my case: We are a group of...

Motivation Business Failure

asked Jul 20 '12 at 16:56

Darshan Joshi
154 points

There's a lot of rhetoric, on both sides, about why businesses succeed and fail, but I've seen really no good numbers backing up the claims of either major political party. (in the US) Sure,...

Statistics Failure

asked Jun 1 '12 at 16:51

Splinter Reality
106 points

In the mid-90s I was involved with a partner for two years in a non-internet related tech startup (I know, stupid). The OP provided money and the business end. It was a 50/50 deal. I was a...

Failure

asked Jan 9 '12 at 10:13

Len
376 points

I've been working on a side project for several months, and it's doing ok. I've done a lot of testing and talking to customers, and I'm very confident that this could be a viable small business...

Failure

asked Dec 21 '11 at 02:24

Nick Budden
129 points

I often want to leave my ongoing lucrative & comfortable job and start something of my own. But then I get stopped by the thought that, what if it fails? What kind of mental trauma / setback...

Failure

asked Dec 12 '11 at 01:04

Iammilind
182 points

We started freelancing. However, most of our projects have failed because we had to do what we are not experienced with. For example, say our expertise is ASP, but we can't wait for ASP projects to...

Getting Started Products Failure

asked Oct 31 '11 at 13:17

D Shan
68 points

About 1 year ago, I quit my job to work on my startup. It required a lot of hard work and consumed countless nights. My wife was very involved in this decision. The target was to participate in a...

Day Job Failure

asked Jul 14 '11 at 20:01

Leadgy
222 points