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What Mistakes Are Killing Your Startup? #8: Obstinacy

Mathieu Carenzo May 9, 2017

Recently I had the chance to moderate a panel of entrepreneurs in the Sports Industry Conference we organize every year in IESE in the framework of the Tennis Barcelona Open. I know the 2 founders (Luca Carlucci founded www.bidaway.com ; Francis Casado founded www.3ddigitalvenue.com) for years now and I really feel they are on the […]

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What Mistakes Are Killing Your Startup? #7: Fights Between Founders

Mathieu Carenzo March 9, 2017

Fights Between Founders – founder conflict is very common. Founders, being ambitious people, are almost bound to disagree Paul Graham – Y Combinator Building the founding team, survival and growth are undoubtedly the major challenges faced by entrepreneurs. On one hand it seems quite clear that going solo is not the solution (see my blog […]

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What Mistakes Are Killing Your Startup? #5 and #6: Launching too Early… or too Late

Mathieu Carenzo December 13, 2016

If there is one trend that did change the shape of the entrepreneurial ecosystem these last few years it has been the lean start-up movement. The concept is straightforward: It’s the philosophy that you should validate your initial ideas (assumptions) with real-life data before you invest more time and money in your project. The premise […]

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What Mistakes Are Killing Your Startup? #4 Confusing an Accessible Market with a Potential One

Mathieu Carenzo October 20, 2016

When meeting with entrepreneurs and evaluating the market size for the opportunity they are pursuing, I often see the same mistake: a confusion of the accessible market with the potential market.  How many times have I come across this lie (as well as others….): “our market will give us $50,000 million in 2017 – look […]

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What Mistakes Are Killing Your Startup? #3 Marginal Niche

Mathieu Carenzo September 15, 2016

What is a niche product? It is a good or service with features that appeal to a particular market subgroup. A typical niche product can be easily distinguished from other products, and it will also be produced and sold for specialized uses within its corresponding niche market. It sounds great…so why is that an issue […]

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