Category Archives: Anti-pattern

Unicorn pressures and startup failures

Posted on April 26, 2016 by Simeon Simeonov

The startup anti-patterns section of my blog summarizes the repeatable ways startups waste time & money and, often, fail. Learning from startup failure is valuable because there are many more examples of failures that successes. (Anti-)Patterns become more noticeable and … Continue reading →

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Startup anti-pattern: platform risk

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Simeon Simeonov

One of the fastest ways for a startup to grow has always been to ride on the shoulders of a successful platform: from Microsoft/OSS in software to AWS in cloud computing to iOS/Android in mobile to Facebook/Twitter/Pinterest in social to … Continue reading →

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Startup anti-pattern: ignorance

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Simeon Simeonov

Listening to a startup pitch a few weeks ago I had to exercise effort not to shake my head in disbelief. The presenters were describing the products and business model of an established company I was very familiar with and … Continue reading →

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