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Why Most Startups Fail
Going through my 2000th tech news article of the day (barely exaggerating), it seems like I can’t go more than a few minutes before I hear about another startup hitting the deadpool (going out of business). And when you see this happen as much as I have, there always seems to be one common similarity: these broken startups weren’t started by technical founders.
Most startups seem to be started by non-technical kids who have a business plan that is nothing more than a slight twist on an already established business, with the full expectation that users will flock to their company without a true competitive advantage. The shocking thing to me is how many of these companies get funded!
Simply having an idea is pointless (I should probably repeat that), simply having an idea is pointless. If you don’t have a way to execute the plan by yourself, you shouldn’t be starting a company. E.g. if you can’t program your company’s website, please don’t embarrass yourself by trying to launch a tech startup.
And please don’t take my tone as being antagonistic, I’m not saying that if you don’t have a technical background that there is no hope for you, there are a number of great resources available to anyone, many times for free. One of my favorites is the SEE program offered by Stanford (for free), where you can go an view the lectures for a number of the university’s programming classes.
In my mind, with the resources now available, there is no excuse for entrepreneurs to not have a working knowledge of programming before they try to launch a tech startup.
