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Why Founders Fail to Grow Their Business

55 points by patwalls 8y ago

salman1000 8y ago
Founders can't grow their business because they don't have proper plan and research to grow and scale their product. If you are startup or business and want to scale your business then here is a good platform I came across: https://cabstartup.com/ https://cabstartup.com/
startupdiscuss 8y ago
I don't know if generic advice is really helpful to founders. I am contrasting generic advice that is applicable to any founder with specific advice to founders in a particular situation. For instance, you don't really know if your strategy -- whatever it may be -- is going to work. Most of the time you come up with a strategy, implement it, and you hear crickets. It takes a lot to find the strategy, if you can find one.
- lucy_bloomfield 8y ago
  You'd be surprised. A lot of this early-stage stuff is a game-changer for people who haven't started a business before. This gives them the base to leap off. And agreed - strategy is everything. But particularly if you've never done internet marketing before, going through the process of identifying what channels you're going to stick with, no matter what, until you find something that works is what most people struggle with. I find a lot of people think "Oh, it's Instagram" and then that doesn't work, so they switch to Facebook and then that doesn't work, so they switch again. Foundations first.
CPLX 8y ago
This is an unusually poorly written article to see on the front page. It reads like a book report.
- lucy_bloomfield 8y ago
  Thank you!
cityzen 8y ago
I don’t really follow the author’s story. She scaled a business from 0 to 10k users over 18 months and quit. Now she is consulting on growth? The whole thing feels very internet market-y. I think we could learn more from why she quit considering the title of, “why founders fail to grow”.
- lucy_bloomfield 8y ago
  It's a long-ass story that I don't intend to share with the internet :) I consult on eCommerce and early-stage traction. I wouldn't be presumptuous enough to say I know how to grow any business beyond what I've grown myself.

55 points by patwalls 8y ago

Founders can't grow their business because they don't have proper plan and research to grow and scale their product. If you are startup or business and want to scale your business then here is a good platform I came across: https://cabstartup.com/ https://cabstartup.com/

startupdiscuss 8y ago

I don't know if generic advice is really helpful to founders. I am contrasting generic advice that is applicable to any founder with specific advice to founders in a particular situation. For instance, you don't really know if your strategy -- whatever it may be -- is going to work. Most of the time you come up with a strategy, implement it, and you hear crickets. It takes a lot to find the strategy, if you can find one.

lucy_bloomfield 8y ago
You'd be surprised. A lot of this early-stage stuff is a game-changer for people who haven't started a business before. This gives them the base to leap off. And agreed - strategy is everything. But particularly if you've never done internet marketing before, going through the process of identifying what channels you're going to stick with, no matter what, until you find something that works is what most people struggle with. I find a lot of people think "Oh, it's Instagram" and then that doesn't work, so they switch to Facebook and then that doesn't work, so they switch again. Foundations first.

CPLX 8y ago

This is an unusually poorly written article to see on the front page. It reads like a book report.

lucy_bloomfield 8y ago
Thank you!

cityzen 8y ago

I don’t really follow the author’s story. She scaled a business from 0 to 10k users over 18 months and quit. Now she is consulting on growth? The whole thing feels very internet market-y. I think we could learn more from why she quit considering the title of, “why founders fail to grow”.

lucy_bloomfield 8y ago
It's a long-ass story that I don't intend to share with the internet :) I consult on eCommerce and early-stage traction. I wouldn't be presumptuous enough to say I know how to grow any business beyond what I've grown myself.