Startup Mistakes: Lessons from 80+ failed startups

We've analyzed the most common mistakes made by +80 failed startups.

👋 Hey Failories! It's Nico over here.

A lot of new stuff today. I particularly recommend you the first article, which is a detailed research on the most common mistakes committed by the +80 failed startup founders we've interviewed in the last 3 years.

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ARTICLE

Startup Mistakes: First-Hand Lessons from 80+ Failed Startups

We've analyzed why +80 startups have failed and identified some of their common mistakes. Here're our findings!
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It's a similar article to the one we have on startup failure rates. If you have enjoyed that one, you'll love this one ;)

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Startup Mistakes

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INTERVIEW

Shutting Down a $3,500/mo Business due to Overwhelm and Overwork

Michael Hawthorne Jr. was the founder of Hawthorne Strategies, an agency that worked with NFL Players to develop their philanthropic foundations. Read on to know how overwhelm, overwork, and failing to scale led the potentially-profitable business to the ground.

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ARTICLE

New Zealand Startups: Top 45 to Keep an Eye On in 2020

New Zealand has become a great startup ecosystem with a lot of available capital and support from the government. Here're the top 45 startups in the country.

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New Zealand Startups

I hope you've really enjoyed everything!

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- Nico

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Why did Vine shut down? Does TikTok have the same risk?

Thursday, August 13, 2020

Learn what happened to Vine & Yik Yak 👋 Hey Failories! It's Nico over here. Yesterday we published two completely re-written articles, which dive deep into the failures of two well-known social

Making $$$ by helping small businesses find softwares

Thursday, August 6, 2020

👋 Hey Failories! It's Nico over here. Last week's article on the startup failure rates (here's the link if you've missed it) received a ton of positive feedback - this made me realize

90% of startups fail - we investigated why.

Thursday, July 30, 2020

👋 Hey Failories! It's Nico over here. Yesterday we published the best article of Failory's blog. If you are / want to become an entrepreneur / investor, you should check the first link.

Making $12k/mo & Spending 50k/mo - Behind the Failed “Evernote for Rental”

Thursday, July 23, 2020

👋 Hey Failories! It's Nico over here. This week, I had a ton of time to work on the project, so I'll be sharing some of the things I've done below. Before it, I've published one new

How this Postcard Marketing Internal Tool became a $54k/mo Co

Friday, July 17, 2020

👋 Hey Failories! It's Nico over here. Have been working a lot on the project this week. I'm currently re-investing every single cent Failory makes into the project, either to improve the site,

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