From Adii Pienaar, Making New Mistakes
Today, it’s easier to start a startup than any other time in our history.
And it’s likely only getting easier with each passing month.
We have so much information about what works and what doesn’t. Founders are sharing their stories of success and failure in the spirit of enabling someone else to learn.
Talking about failure… As a society and ecosystem, we have embraced the concept and nobody needs to worry about any negative stigma associated with failing.
We also have the ability the reach out to the best of the best and create our own, virtual advisory board. And that at a couple of dollars a minute.
We have learned validation and testing techniques to mitigate the risk of our new startup idea(s) before we even really start.
There’s more know-how and reasons ever to bootstrap your startup. Bootstrapping has spawned some amazing companies.
If bootstrapping isn’t your cup of tea, you can easily raise external funding online or go the crowdsourcing route.
Technology has enabled us to build remote companies, removing another (very physical and geographical) barrier.
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