Hubris

Startup Mistakes

The Basic Mistakes That Felled 3 Once-Glamorous Startups

There is much less to be learned from the failure of aspirational but underfunded startups than from those that seemed to have the stars aligned.

Firas Kittaneh | 4 min read

				
Hubris Kills Businesses. Humility Saves Them.There are loads of failure modes for companies big and small, but they usually come down to one thing: hubris.

				Steve Tobak
			
					|			6 min read
			
A Healthy Fear of Failure Makes Entrepreneurs More Likely to SucceedThink of failure the way you think of cars when crossing a busy street. Believe you can be run over so you'll avoid it by watching out.

				Brian Honigman
			
					|			4 min read
			
4 Key Lessons From a Startup's Spectacular FailureIsraeli electric car company Better Place made several mistakes that by themselves wouldn't have spelled disaster. Combined though, they spelled calamity.

				Daniel Wesley
			
					|			4 min read
			
The World Needs More of Richard Branson's 'Hubris'The criticism of Sir Richard Branson's role in the SpaceShipTwo crash is a knock on entrepreneurship itself.

				Ray Hennessey
			
					|			5 min read

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Hubris

The Basic Mistakes That Felled 3 Once-Glamorous Startups

Hubris Kills Businesses. Humility Saves Them.

A Healthy Fear of Failure Makes Entrepreneurs More Likely to Succeed

4 Key Lessons From a Startup's Spectacular Failure

The World Needs More of Richard Branson's 'Hubris'

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