Business Guides on the Go: Learning from the Most Common Mistakes Founders Make

Lexa, Carsten A.; Nollet, Émilie

Seven out of ten start-ups fail. The reasons for failure are well-known. Yet founders often fail to approach the topic of failure with the seriousness and commitment it deserves. This book aims to change that and offers a new approach for founders to “drive their start-up off a cliff.” Structured as a “how-to guide to failure,” it highlights the most common mistakes founders make, explains where they come from, and illustrates them with real-life examples. The goal of the book is to help founders make the “right” mistakes in order to fail more efficiently (and perhaps help them avoid making these mistakes in the first place). The book includes an interview with German “start-up legend” Prof. Günter Faltin.

Details

Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2026-01-17

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9783031705236

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-70521-2

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 116