What Are the Best-Kept Secrets for Startup Success?

This question originally appeared on Quora.



What are some things [about working for startups] that people could benefit from knowing that are largely secret — in the sense that very few people know them?



Answer by Andrew Bellay, lean startup founder.

First off — there's no magic to startups.

The best-kept secret about startups (especially for first-time entrepreneurs) is that you don't have to re-invent the wheel to be successful.

It's a secret because, in my experience, young entrepreneurs don't want to hear that someone has already solved 98% of the problem they want to tackle — and that they should focus on the remaining 2% — to increase their odds of success. Read more...

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