8 Startup Dilemmas All Founders Will Face

Download or read book 8 Startup Dilemmas All Founders Will Face written by Jarie Bolander and published by . This book was released on 2018-09-25 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you struggle with how to navigate the dilemmas of creating outstanding products? Do you feel ill equipped to bring your idea into reality? Don't feel bad! Most successful founders faced the same zigs and zags on the road to success as you do. The reality is most founders will have setbacks and struggles that they will have to navigate. In fact, the odds are roughly 1-10 that your business or idea will succeed. These are not great odds. Thousands of founders just like you fight these odds daily to be that 1 in 10 who makes it. The successful ones have learned how to navigate The 8 Startup Dilemmas All Founders Will Face. Now, so can you.Each chapter tackles The 8 Startup Dilemmas All Founders Will Face. A summary of all eight is presented below: * Solo vs Team: When to go it alone or when to recruit a team. It's surprising how much strife this one causes. * Make vs Buy: What's your secret sauce as opposed to what enables it. * Bootstrap vs Investors: How fast and when should you scale your idea * Niche vs Mainstream: Vertical focus or horizontal platform. It's harder than it sounds.* Free vs Paid: Do you give it away, give some of it away, or do you always have people pay.* Product vs Service: Defining your offering or set of offerings that give people the most value. * Original vs Pivot: The hardest thing to do is kill your great idea but sometimes, being in love with your idea can lead you astray. * Beta vs 1.0: When do you let your creation out into the wild. If you find yourself challenged with navigating these dilemmas or are thinking about starting your own company, then this book will be an invaluable resource to help you get ahead of the startup learning curve.My goal in writing this book is to help current or aspiring founders not make the same mistakes myself and countless other friends have made. The lessons in this book were painfully learned by the people who faced them and it's important to acknowledge that even though setbacks occur, success will come as long as you remember that failure is an option but never the final result. If you are a current or aspiring founder, then this book will help you navigate the dilemmas you will face on the road to success. Of course, results may vary but the most important thing any founder can do is learn as much as they can so that when they are hit with a dilemma, they can make the best decision possible.