STARTUPS: Who would be a startup, eh? Well, in the travel industry, despite the failure rates and difficulties with marketing and complex products, there are hundreds. HUNDREDS! Luckily there are a few (repeat: few) nuggets of decent advice hidden out there on the noise from countless gurus. Read more on Shirlaws Coaching.
There is the diagram which has become very well known among alumni and fans of Y Combinator, the Silicon Valley-based favourite incubator for startups.
It describes, using feelings and energy, the experience every startup goes through.
These range from the initial exciting bounce through the "trough of sorrow" to improvements, and either a crash or the promised land, acquisition and beyond.
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