Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Insights and Opinions: GRP's Mark Suster on Startup Mistakes

This morning's Insights and Opinions article comes from venture capitalist Mark Suster of GRP Partners, who shares some of the most common mistakes he sees startups making.

This is a very important post to me because I find myself giving this advice all the time and if you don't follow the basic advice here you can cause yourself much heartache down the line - even if your company ultimately becomes uber successful.

I often talk with entrepreneurs who are kicking around their next idea. Sometimes they're working full time at a company or sometimes they've already left their employer and they're bouncing around ideas with friends. These periods of time can leave a founder very vulnerable in the future.

Here are some lessons to avoid common traps.

Read more on the most common startup mistakes.

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