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Why Startups Fail - 20 Top Reasons Gleaned from 32 Startup Failure Post-Mortems

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11 – Pricing Issues. Pricing is one part science, 10 parts art. And a dark art according to a large number of startups which failed and who attributed product pricing that was too high or too low to make money. So what does this teach us? Dwelling or being married to a bad idea is not a good way to allocate resources.

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Customers Love Free Stuff … But That’s Not Your Problem

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They return the favor by doing more banking business with said banks, and some of the windfall-money comes right back to the bank via other channels. ” 1) Agency/Bias Issues With Respect to Advisors. So instead you hire your own representation to look after your own interest. You obviously cannot trust them.”

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The cardinal sin of community management

Startup Lessons Learned

They are largely invisible in the normal channels where customer service and community management pays attention. I think its time to hire either a group of staff members to handle the policing of the catalog, or hire "catalog moderators" to do the work of keeping the catalog cleaned.

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