Comments on: Has Your Startup Hit A Dead End? http://www.centernetworks.com/dead-end-startups Web 2 and Social Media News and Reviews Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:27:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: HireAStartupGuy.com http://www.centernetworks.com/dead-end-startups#comment-21850 HireAStartupGuy.com Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-21850 An entrepreneur came to me a few years ago with an invention that he was just beginning to market. Full of hope, he had several thousand of his custom-designed grill gadgets manufactured, booked $40,000 in TV infomercial ads, and paid me a few thousand dollars to set up an inbound telephone ordering system. The first day for the TV ads came and went without a single sale. Then the second day, followed by a third, etc., until a full week elapsed without a single order. The disappointment that was evident in the client was unforgettable then. It’s even more unforgettable now that my own Seattle startup has stalled and the time has come to shift gears. An entrepreneur came to me a few years ago with an invention that he was just beginning to market. Full of hope, he had several thousand of his custom-designed grill gadgets manufactured, booked $40,000 in TV infomercial ads, and paid me a few thousand dollars to set up an inbound telephone ordering system.

The first day for the TV ads came and went without a single sale. Then the second day, followed by a third, etc., until a full week elapsed without a single order.

The disappointment that was evident in the client was unforgettable then. It’s even more unforgettable now that my own Seattle startup has stalled and the time has come to shift gears.

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