How to F*ck Up Your Startup: The Science Behind Why 90% of Companies Fail--and How You Can Avoid It

How to F*ck Up Your Startup: The Science Behind Why 90% of Companies Fail--and How You Can Avoid It

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  • Create Date:2022-04-23 06:51:34
  • Update Date:2025-09-06
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  • Author:Kim Hvidkjaer
  • ISBN:163774059X
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Summary

Every business owner dreams of success, but the majority of businesses are doomed to fail。

This book offers a journey through the pitfalls that cause 90% of companies to crash—and the crucial remedies entrepreneurs can use to avoid (or fix) them。


Kim Hvidkjaer was 29 years old when he became a millionaire。 Two years later, after a cluster of disasters, he found himself basically broke。 Now, having rebuilt his fortune as the founder of several successful enterprises and studied thousands of failed startups, Hvidkjaer has become an expert in failure: what it means, what it looks like, and the strategies that business owners can use to prevent it。

In How to F*ck Up Your Startup, he takes us on an entertaining and enlightening journey through the complex patterns of failure in the life cycle of a business, covering:
• Attitude mistakes
• Business model missteps
• Market research snafus
• Funding and financial blunders
• Product development errors
• Organization oversights
• Sales slip-ups
• Growing pains

Most important, he tackles what to do when your business has gone wrong。

Hvidkjaer fleshes out a tangible, usable blueprint for entrepreneurs looking to learn (the easy way) from the mistakes of businesses gone before。 Chock-full of easy-to-follow business lessons that will keep you from f*cking up your startup, this down-to-earth guide offers crucial, actionable advice for seasoned business owners and startup founders alike。

A masterclass in failure, How to F*ck Up Your Startup is required reading for reaching success。

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Reviews

Lisa Marie

Good book, good ideas and I like the writing style。 Some areas are a bit more advanced than my level, but still helped me improve my knowledge in the startup world a lot more than my college business class could

ARIFUL Islam

"This book actually changed my mind about how to look at startups。 It is advocating that you need to understand the problems that startups face (the mines of the minefield as Kim calls it), before in order to be able to recognize the patterns of these problems。 It's kinda the opposite of a ""my way to success""-story, but made so much sense。" "This book actually changed my mind about how to look at startups。 It is advocating that you need to understand the problems that startups face (the mines of the minefield as Kim calls it), before in order to be able to recognize the patterns of these problems。 It's kinda the opposite of a ""my way to success""-story, but made so much sense。" 。。。more

Jason Statham

I wish I had this book some 11 years ago when I started building several companies。 It would have made a great difference, and I would clearly have avoided some problems I've faced。 It's a very good book and I like the approach。 I wish I had this book some 11 years ago when I started building several companies。 It would have made a great difference, and I would clearly have avoided some problems I've faced。 It's a very good book and I like the approach。 。。。more

Selene Martin

As an aspirational entrepreneur with an engineering degree, this book really works for me。 It does have many tech-examples (also many other industries), but I think this makes sense, as many companies today probably will have "a bit of tech" in them。 Some of the ideas are very simple, other more complex - but overall they certainly gave me new inspiration and knowledge。 As an aspirational entrepreneur with an engineering degree, this book really works for me。 It does have many tech-examples (also many other industries), but I think this makes sense, as many companies today probably will have "a bit of tech" in them。 Some of the ideas are very simple, other more complex - but overall they certainly gave me new inspiration and knowledge。 。。。more

Matthewwadey

I work in a startup and really liked it。 For anyone considering startups, I’d highly recommend this book。 Kim has shared a lot of insights from his own and other founders experience that are very valuable。 There are some fancy terms also, but I’ll forgive that as they do make sense and the overall idea is quite solid and I’m certainly smarter after having read it。

Darya

No idea where to start when talking about this great book! I have finished it in one go and enjoyed every page。 If you're an entrepreneur, go and invest your time in this book in the first place。 Definitely can confirm from my own experience that the value of the information is incredibly useful if you take action。 The book covers all the areas of start up potential fails (at least all I know about) and gives a very cheerful advice on how to avoid them。 If you never ran your own busines, this bo No idea where to start when talking about this great book! I have finished it in one go and enjoyed every page。 If you're an entrepreneur, go and invest your time in this book in the first place。 Definitely can confirm from my own experience that the value of the information is incredibly useful if you take action。 The book covers all the areas of start up potential fails (at least all I know about) and gives a very cheerful advice on how to avoid them。 If you never ran your own busines, this book is a very good guide on what not to。 You are alerted when you know what potentially to expect。。 。。。more

Rachel Murphy

Thank you, BenBella Books, for giving me approval to read an e-ARC of this book for an honest review。As a small business owner, I have read many business books that seemed to mostly repeat the information everyone else was sharing。 This book, however, held both new and practical information I had not yet come across and I felt like I was being mentored by an entrepreneurial veteran。 I appreciated that each pitfall was paired with a solution or fix to help you adjust your own business practices a Thank you, BenBella Books, for giving me approval to read an e-ARC of this book for an honest review。As a small business owner, I have read many business books that seemed to mostly repeat the information everyone else was sharing。 This book, however, held both new and practical information I had not yet come across and I felt like I was being mentored by an entrepreneurial veteran。 I appreciated that each pitfall was paired with a solution or fix to help you adjust your own business practices and avoid falling into the many traps he describes。The book did seem to favor the tech industry in it’s examples, which in turn made it a tad bit difficult to understand at times for someone running a non-tech business, but I was still able to understand the underlying points。Overall, this book was extremely helpful and I will be using it as a reference in the future。 。。。more

sinag

2/5 stars!I voluntarily read and reviewed an advance copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley。 All thoughts and opinions are my own。The premise of this one is very intriguing to me as someone who wanted to launch my own business soon。 However, I didn't get much from this one and the anecdotes took too much space compared to the actual tips and knowledge to be imparted。 2/5 stars!I voluntarily read and reviewed an advance copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley。 All thoughts and opinions are my own。The premise of this one is very intriguing to me as someone who wanted to launch my own business soon。 However, I didn't get much from this one and the anecdotes took too much space compared to the actual tips and knowledge to be imparted。 。。。more

Umi Arenas

I read an advanced copy of this book thanks to #NetGalley and I have to say this book needs to become a go-to for everyone who wants to be an entrepreneur。 I’m in the process of starting my own company, which is why I chose to read this book, and it might’ve been the best decision I ever made! This book tackles all of the mistakes you can do when starting a company; from your attitude to sales, and everything in between, but it also proposes a way to fix the mistake。 For me and my situation, the I read an advanced copy of this book thanks to #NetGalley and I have to say this book needs to become a go-to for everyone who wants to be an entrepreneur。 I’m in the process of starting my own company, which is why I chose to read this book, and it might’ve been the best decision I ever made! This book tackles all of the mistakes you can do when starting a company; from your attitude to sales, and everything in between, but it also proposes a way to fix the mistake。 For me and my situation, the advice that works best is when it comes to budgeting,to keep my fixed and variable costs for twelve months at all times in my head and the 80/100 rule so I can focus on the important stuff。 But the one I needed to hear the most, was the importance of having a sales program and sales metrics (what gets measured gets done)。 I will definitely reread this book a couple more times, just to make sure I didn’t miss anything and that I can apply the information properly。 Don’t give up, don’t die 💪🏼 。。。more