Idea to Startup

INTERVIEW: Tom Eisenmann (HBS) on Why Startups Fail

May 12, 2021

48:02

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Lean Startup Methodology

04:41

Lean Startup Can't Solve Everything

01:29

Entrepreneurs: How to Exit Gracievly and Carefully

01:54

Introduction

2min

Why Did My Dating App Fail?

2min

Lean Startup Methodology

5min

The Mom Test - I Love Everything You Do Because You're My Child

2min

How Do You Find Out if You're a Technical Founder?

3min

Quincy Apparel, a Startup With a Lean Approach

5min

Lean Startup Can't Solve Everything

1min

Is Domain Expertise Really Important in Startups?

5min

The Right to Right of Way Founders Use Exactly That Explanation for Their Success

2min

10.

How Many Pivots Can You Do?

2min

11.

When to Pull the Plug?

5min

12.

Entrepreneurs: How to Exit Gracievly and Carefully

2min

13.

How Do You Balance Being an Entrepreneur?

3min

14.

Startups - How to Validate a Startup Idea?

6min

15.

How Many Pivots Would You Like to Allocate for This?

3min

Today we've got Tom Eisenmann on the pod. He's an entrepreneurship teacher at HBS and the author of the white-hot startup book "Why Startups Fail." We had a blast talking through all the mistakes startups make and the best ways to avoid them. We also talk through how to validate when you've got big up front costs, when domain experts are important (and when they're not), and how to start the gig-economy version of the private chef.