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The 40 Schoolboy Errors Made by Startups

Jim Riley

6th February 2010

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This article is 100% gold dust for teachers and students covering the business startup process (AQA BUSS1 in particular)...

The excellent Smart website has this guide to the 40 “schoolboy errors” made by new businesses. The mistakes are neatly grouped into categories such as The Basics, Planning, Pre-Launch, Finance, People. A fantastic source for students - this could easily be turned into a ranking exercise, or a category matching exercise with each point on a plain card.

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Jim Riley

Jim co-founded tutor2u alongside his twin brother Geoff! Jim is a well-known Business writer and presenter as well as being one of the UK's leading educational technology entrepreneurs.

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