Common mistakes

First time entrepreneurs

Paolo Mosca

Startup advisor

On-demand CTO

Tech & Business Lover

Serial entrepreneur

@paolomoscaBCN

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Icebreaker

only 2 words 

Good Examples

• Facebook: friends
• Google: search
• Amazon: books
• Dropbox: files
• Zappos: shoes

Common scenario

• MBA / Business school
• Looking for tech co-founder
• Building a product that nobody wants
• Running out of money

Lean methodology

• Assumptions
• Test
• Validation
• Learning
• Iterating

Magic word: MVP

nobody knows

CTO or External Team?

alternatives?

The investor's trap

• Making more money from their investment
• Their goals VS your goals
• Business viable VS business marketable

Run Forrest, run!

• Make mistakes
• Fail fast
• Learn

The most important asset is TIME

Thank you!

@paolomoscaBCN

hola@8020.es