Startup Course: Week 15

Handling Challenges and Failures

Lesson:

Watch this video where Keshav shares the challenges of starting a technology company as a solo entrepreneur. He offers four tips from lessons he learned in his own journey building a robotics startup; from finding the right idea, to financing the first product and creating a team.

Survival Tips for New Startup Entrepreneurs

Project Description: 

Write a simple report on strategies for handling challenges and failures in a start-up. Here are the questions to help you write the simple report. Research these questions online and paraphrase the resources to write your answers.

Introduction:

  • What is the purpose of the report?
  • Why is it important to understand and address challenges and failures in a start-up?

Common Challenges in Start-ups:

  • What are some common challenges that start-ups face?
  • How do these challenges impact the success of a start-up?

Strategies for Handling Challenges:

  • What are some strategies start-ups can use to address these challenges?
  • Can you provide examples of start-ups that have successfully implemented these strategies?

Common Failures in Start-ups:

  • What are some common reasons why start-ups fail?
  • How can start-ups learn from these failures to improve their chances of success?

Conclusion: Lessons Learned from Failures:

  • What are some key lessons that start-ups can learn from failures?
  • How can start-ups apply these lessons to avoid similar failures in the future?