How to Start a Startup
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Hi. I’m Carl Potak, StartupDevKit’s Founder, and I want to share my story about why I made StartupDevKit.
After leaving a failing startup in 2016 and being in the startup industry for nine years, I was frustrated and upset seeing so many entrepreneurs making many of the same mistakes as me and other entrepreneurs have done before them. My startup failures were depressing but also a great learning experience. In addition, I was disappointed that there was no major hub that connected founders and marketers with easily accessible startup resources they need to grow smarter and faster.
I wanted to change these things so I created StartupDevKit as a startup with the mission of reducing the 90% startup failure rate and helping the startup ecosystem succeed more.
To do this, I developed a new type of online startup incubator and accelerator platform with tons of the best curated and original startup resources for founders and marketers. I’m sharing my advice and experience via Q&A sessions and mentoring (respectively), my book (Startup Survival Secrets), and resources that I’ve tightly curated, created, and categorized since 2007.
The platform includes hundreds of links to amazing startup and marketing how-tos, personal development content, templates, as well as great lists (VCs, press contacts, startup tools, power words, startup directories, etc), and more — created by both fellow industry leaders and myself. The goal is scaling it for the world to use, thus enabling entrepreneurs to maximize their potential and empowering the startup community worldwide.
In addition, I’ve been attacking startup failure by writing an in-depth book analyzing over 90 root causes to the top 20 reasons why startups fail and showing how to prevent them. The book is called Startup Survival Secrets: Uncovering 95 Hidden Root Causes to Why 90% of Startups Fail and How to Prevent Them. The full book will be available soon, but the manuscript of the first half is available for download by members.
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We’re solving this problem by connecting directly with VCs to empower them and the startups they’ve invested in with the best startup resources for education, development, and growth.
By doing this, we’re enhancing their startups’ chances of long-term success.
Seemingly, startups that raise capital need help too, because getting VC investment doesn’t mean a startup will automatically be successful.
1) Our book “Startup Survival Secrets” is about the top 20 reasons why startups fail, the 90+ root causes of those reasons, & how to prevent them.
2) By using our platform’s startup resources for development and growth, you will make a better startup and increase the probability of achieving long-term success.
3) Getting mentoring on both the business and personal development sides helps you reach your fullest potential.
The people who don’t get accepted are left on their own. That’s not good!
We make it easy for you. Our incubator program doesn’t require any applications to join & it’s meant to help any startup from idea to post-launch.
However, our accelerator program will require an application for approval because there are specific growth-stage requirements to meet.
Carl Potak, Founder and CEO of StartupDevKit
“We need to get to the root of our industry’s issues. That’s why I reverse engineered each of the top 20 reasons why startups fail, finding over 75 root causes. I broke them down by writing about why the root causes occur, how to prevent them from happening, and what you can do instead.”
Jessica Livingston, Co-Founder and Partner at Y-Combinator
“If you can learn what mistakes to avoid from other founders who say, ‘don’t spend your time doing this,’ then why not learn from those mistakes?”
Carl Potak, Founder and CEO of StartupDevKit
“We need to get to the root of our industry’s issues. That’s why I reverse engineered each of the top 20 reasons why startups fail, finding over 75 root causes. I broke them down by writing about why the root causes occur, how to prevent them from happening, and what you can do instead.”
Jessica Livingston, Co-Founder and Partner at Y-Combinator
“If you can learn what mistakes to avoid from other founders who say, ‘don’t spend your time doing this,’ then why not learn from those mistakes?”
"StartupDevKit has been indispensable for my startup with the wealth of different resources, the mentoring, and feedback I’ve received from its Founder, Carl Potak.
I would implore any startup founder to tap into his knowledge, the vast startup resources this platform has to offer, and will continue to bring."
“I’ve been in the market to find a startup incubator that’s convenient to join and has very effective solutions from development to marketing.
StartupDevKit has helped me to get on the right track, stay focused on my business, and avoid mistakes I would have made on my own.
The platform is easy to use and there’s so much quality content in the blog and incubator platform - it’s really great. I’m happy I decided to work with Carl at StartupDevKit."
We stumbled upon StartupDevKit and Carl after looking around for startup mentoring platforms.
Carl told us upfront he wasn't overly familiar with the VR industry, but said he could still provide us with meaningful support and expert knowledge.
Now 3 months later we can say he was right. Not only has he given us great advice but he's also helped to keep the team motivated and focused.
We look forward to continuing to work with Carl and watching StartupDevKit grow."
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