What are the 10 Things that will Kill Your Start-up??

It's hard to distinguish spending too much from raising too little. If you run out of money, you could say either was the cause. The only way to decide which to call it is by comparison with other startups. If you raised 50 lakhs and ran out of money, you probably spent too much.

The classic way to burn through cash is by hiring a lot of people. This bites you twice: in addition to increasing your costs, it slows you down—so money that's getting consumed faster has to last longer.  There are two general suggestions about hiring: (a) don't do it if you can avoid it, (b) pay people with equity rather than salary, not just to save money, but because you want the kind of people who are committed enough to prefer that.

A related problem is choosing the wrong platform. For example, I think a lot of startups during the Bubble killed themselves by deciding to build server-based applications on Windows. Hotmail was still running on FreeBSD for years after Microsoft bought it, presumably because Windows couldn't handle the load. If Hotmail's founders had chosen to use Windows, they would have been swamped.

Platform is a vague word. It could mean an operating system, or a programming language, or a "framework" built on top of a programming language. It implies something that both supports and limits, like the foundation of a house.  So, many go wrong here and kill their ventures by choosing a wrong platform.

IMPROPER PLANNING OR IMPROPER EXECUTION WILL LEAD TO FAILURE.INADEQUATE ENDURANCE WILL AGGRAVATE THE SITUATION

While starting up's..delay will cause..In hat situation,loosing patients also will disturb the business.

As said u have to first ask yourself what can go wrong and then remove those which can be hurdles and u will be successful.

Incomplete background info in the beginning (which in most small-budget cases can't be helped) - lack of proper financial planning/foresight - lack of Plan Bs contribute to failures. All those things are in the game and has to be dealt with gradually, as we learn more and gain experience. But what finishes it all off is the lack of the will to hold on during real downs.(although it's debatable as to till wen we shud hold on ;)

Insufficient working capital is one of the main reasons for start up failures. Before starting up it is always wise to plan working capital for at least 2 years. However good the business idea is, there will always be ups and downs in cash flow initially, so there always needs to be sufficient working capital to support the lean periods.

Regards,

Om Deshpande