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Midsomer Murder
Business strategy

What went wrong at PassCamp – a deep dive into a failed startup

Kayla Medica - March 22, 2024 5 MIN READ

How I became a customer of, and then an ex-customer, of a password/security startup, PassCamp What happened (or didn’t happen) at PassCamp that lead to their demise What they could have done differently to (potentially) avoid their fate Lessons to takeaway in what they did well for sunsetting a product Most businesses fail. Of the… Read more »

failure
Topic

Lack of leadership and planning the key reasons behind business failure: CEO study

Gina Baldassarre - November 20, 2018 2 MIN READ

A quarter of CEOs who have experienced a business failure cited lack of leadership and management, and lack of planning and execution as the key reasons leading to the failure.

failure
Advice

How to bounce back after a startup failure

Alan Manly - September 11, 2018 4 MIN READ

When things start to go wrong in a startup it’s natural for the entrepreneur to wish the issues away by actively denying them.

Found Careers
Advice

We blew $100k, our tech was a disaster, and we had to start again

Andrew Joyce - August 14, 2018 4 MIN READ

Two months further on we still didn’t have any product to speak of – let alone demonstrate to potential customers. Alarm bells started ringing.

closing down
Advice

Lessons learned from closing down our 5 year old startup

Sandy Forster - June 21, 2018 8 MIN READ

Although it was in some ways a long time coming, it was still incredibly difficult to let go of something that we had put so much into for 5 years and say goodbye forever.

brand design
Advice

Why startups need to put brand design at the core of their business thinking

John Ford - May 23, 2018 4 MIN READ

Disruption needs construction: startups and new ventures need to invest equal weight in both the offer and experience, while brand thinking needs to sit at the core of business thinking.

failure
Advice

The F word: why you need to fail more

Peter Crocker - April 6, 2018 2 MIN READ

Fear of failure paralyses more would-be entrepreneurs than just about anything else. But success and failure go hand in hand. In fact, perhaps you’re not failing enough.

HowAboutEat
Other

Lunch delivery startup HowAboutEat underestimated what it takes to manage on-demand logistics

Gina Baldassarre - September 29, 2017 6 MIN READ

Despite the buzz around on-demand startups, running a business based on logistics is difficult for everyone, whether it’s Deliveroo or smaller players.

Our Little Foxes
Other

In shuttering Our Little Foxes, its founders honed in on their vision and community’s needs for a future business

Gina Baldassarre - September 8, 2017 5 MIN READ

The key challenges that would eventually lead to the closing of Sydney company Our Little Foxes were chronicled in a documentary series, Dream Academy.

Tayble
Other

Phil Tran learned building the right team is critical on the path from BidzDirect to Tayble

Gina Baldassarre - August 25, 2017 6 MIN READ

“It was so obvious the team was so much more excited about tackling this new problem that’s now Tayble than keep beating down the path of Deal Tap.”

BuddingTech
Other

BuddingTech founder Adam Miller learned not to over-promise and under-deliver in his previous business

Gina Baldassarre - August 11, 2017 5 MIN READ

Tuteable’s original iteration sought to allow users with a specific, time sensitive problem to connect with ‘tutors’ able to help them solve it through the use of video chat and a virtual classroom.

Advice

7 years of mistakes & the ultimate secret of business success

Dan Norris - August 28, 2013 3 MIN READ

I’ve been in business for 7 years. I’ve screwed up a lot. But thank goodness after multiple ebook purchases and conference ticket purchases, I’ve managed to figure out the secret. Whew!

Advice

My app failed and makes no money

Brandon Cowan - June 24, 2013 2 MIN READ

So I had an idea once. It was awesome€, in my opinion. I thought it would be cool to create a gaming app where you could flick around icons from other popular apps.

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