Comments on: Giving away a ticket to Startup Day

By: Minu

Minu — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 06:35:47 +0000

The biggest hurdle to starting a company is that one simply has nothing to say.

By: Robel

Robel — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 15:42:52 +0000

Thank you Andy, My emails bounced back so I resent to gmail acct listed, Robel

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 04:26:53 +0000

Thanks everyone for participating! Sorry for the delay. Robel - you are the winner! Email me for the ticket and let me know if you can’t make it - I’ll make other arrangements. andy at inspiredstartup dot com.

By: Jimmy Tang

Jimmy Tang — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 22:17:20 +0000

Did I win?

By: Amit

Amit — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 09:00:39 +0000

One of the biggest hurdles is Fear of Failure. The fear which comes to your mind when you think - “Will my business work? Will anyone use my product?”

-Amit

By: Robel

Robel — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 07:53:12 +0000

Yes thats true, as the famous saying goes … “Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, magic, and power in it.”

By: Antonio

Antonio — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 06:02:36 +0000

Courage… To switch from a boring, well paid and stable job, to pursuit a dream, fueled by passion and desire of making the world a better place.

By: Jordan

Jordan — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 01:05:23 +0000

Founder issues. There’s no doubt that having the right mentors, getting aggressive, having the perfect market with massive potential and size and all that are important. But an early-stage company is agile and can pivot in a different direction if one of those things isn’t right. Simply talking with customers will get you in the right direction. Change is inevitable on all those fronts and should be expected. However, most startups fail simply because of founder issues. Whether it’s the wrong mix of talent or disagreement about direction and strategy, it’s essential to overcome the hurdle of a solid relationship among the founders or failure won’t be that far away.

By: Rick

Rick — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 00:27:44 +0000

Just do it. It’s cliche, but that’s the biggest hurdle, getting off your a!@ and doing it.

By: Robel

Robel — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 06:30:07 +0000

Most of us wait for the right moment, right opportunity, right idea…. to start a business but, such moments hardly exist. So we wait. .. As time goes on, we develop a comfort zone around what we have and make it difficult for us to venture out to the unknown.
While it’s important to have a right timing, we need to be comfortable with the missing puzzle pieces and start searching, believing we will find it.