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What type of mistakes first-time founders make when start a business?

By Santonu Dhar FCMIJanuary 10, 2019Updated:January 20, 2022No Comments5 Mins Read
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1 1. Ignoring market risk when starting a business
2 2. Listening To The Wrong Advice Can Lead to Failure
3 3. Ignoring constructive feedback
4 4. Moving too fast without a plan
5 5. Hiring the wrong team
6 6. Overestimating the challenge of seed funding
7 7. Focusing solely on the bottom line and ignoring the importance of sales

Most entrepreneurs are risk-takers by nature, or at least have a clear plan of action for how to launch a new product or service to fill a gap in the market. When people leave their jobs to start a business, they take a lot of risks. They put their efforts (and sometimes their own money) into it.

Entrepreneurs don’t get a set amount of money each month, and they don’t know if their business will work out. In the early stages of starting a business, it can be hard to spend time with family and friends.

They were all “crazy” dreamers with big ambitions. It requires guts to tackle huge industrial difficulties and be a disruptor in any sector. Many new entrepreneurs struggle when disruptive changes occur.

In the early stages of a startup, the first-time founder – I mean who are new to business make several mistakes and many of these mistakes becomes the primary reason for his or her company’s collapse. Because of this, it is critical for entrepreneurs to recognize and avoid making the same mistakes while launching a company venture in order to succeed.

If you learn from your mistakes, then failure isn’t really a failure at all. Many of the most successful people in history have had to overcome great personal loss.

Seven mistakes I’ve made as a startup founder have resulted to the early demise of multiple other businesses I’ve started before Technosmith:

1. Ignoring market risk when starting a business

Business failure is more likely to result from a company’s failure to adapt to changing market conditions than from any shortcomings in the company’s infrastructure or technology. There are many things that can change the market for a product or service. In the beginning, it can be hard for new businesses to get off the ground because of changes in the economy and new market trends. A certain product might be popular one year but not the next.

Keep an eye on current market insights while thinking about starting a new business. Your company’s success is highly dependent on market size. For an entrepreneur, keeping an eye on the market’s insights is more important than keeping an eye on their business infrastructure or IT solutions.

2. Listening To The Wrong Advice Can Lead to Failure

Failure Can Result From Following the Wrong Advice. Before you put your faith in others, make sure you can rely on your own judgment.

In my experience, the most significant lesson I’ve learned is that following the wrong advise can result in a complete disaster in your company venture.

3. Ignoring constructive feedback

Everyone appreciates feedback, but only if it is complimentary. Some of the negative feedback we receive is actually helpful to our company’s growth, and that feedback is referred to as “constructive.” Therefore, it is a most valuable gift.

When we do things that don’t go as intended, we need to be aware of it. When the effect we have differs from what we intended. As a result, the best and frequently the only way to detect this gap is to get more constructive feedback. Many new founders ignore constructive feedback because if it comes from someone who they don’t respect.

4. Moving too fast without a plan

When it comes to starting a business, the most common error first-time entrepreneurs make is underestimating the amount of time and effort it would take to get it off the ground. We can concentrate on developing a strong product and expanding the company in the limited period we have available to us.

The second most common mistake first-time entrepreneurs make is failing to develop a comprehensive plan for financing their venture. In many cases, first-time entrepreneurs find themselves overstretched and underfunded. The reality of running a business must be anticipated, and a plan for funding the business must be developed before it can be launched.

5. Hiring the wrong team

If you’re running a small business or a startup with fewer employees, finding the appropriate people to work with is critical. This indicates that a company can lose up huge money and time, if it invests in an individual who ends up being a terrible hiring.

Employee morale and productivity might suffer if a wrong person is hired. Client or customer service may suffer as a result because of the time it takes from your management team to deal with it.

A bad hire has a substantial financial and emotional impact, it’s only reasonable to want to move on as soon as possible. The process of finding and hiring new employees is time consuming. It’s possible to make a mistake and wind up with a lousy recruit who doesn’t suit the job description at times.

6. Overestimating the challenge of seed funding

In order to start a business, an entrepreneur will need money. This could be in the form of loans from investors, savings, or money from their family.

A startup company has to know how much money it will require to get off the ground and how it will raise that capital as soon as feasible in order to plan its growth strategy. It is critical to understand what characteristics investors are searching for in a firm before requesting investment. Due diligence requirements vary from investor to investor, thus it is critical for company founders to understand the process from start to finish.

7. Focusing solely on the bottom line and ignoring the importance of sales

With a great product or service, you’ve got a winning concept. As soon as you start pushing the same thing, your focus shifts away from ROI and sales and toward everything else.

If you don’t sell your product or service, how will your firm thrive? You can’t survive without sales. This is where most first-time entrepreneurs fail. They spend much of their time focusing on everything but their sales and profits.

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Santonu Kumar Dhar is an author and businessman. He is a fellow at Chartered Management Institute(CMI), UK from 2018. He is the founder, Chairman & CEO of Technosmith Limited. He is also an author of two novels Life of Love and The Effort. Learn more from his official website santonudhar.org

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