David Hieatt's Blog

Cheatsheet for failure.

David Hieatt -

  1. Average idea.
  2. Have no story. Or tell it poorly.
  3. Have nothing you want to change.
  4. Do it on your own.
  5. Have co-founders with the same skill sets.
  6. No one wants what you have to offer.
  7. No vision.
  8. Choose cool over useful.
  9. Take more than you give.
  10. Too stubborn.
  11. Not stubborn enough.
  12. Raise too little money.
  13. Raise too much.
  14. Hire a**holes.
  15. Don’t build a team.
  16. Don’t create a culture.
  17. Be too early. Be too late.
  18. Fight each other.
  19. Believe your own hype.
  20. Stop innovating.
  21. Don’t do the work.
  22. Quit.
  23. Never start.