{"id":7557,"date":"2016-05-18T09:19:34","date_gmt":"2016-05-18T01:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/exabytes.sg\/blog\/?p=7557"},"modified":"2022-06-17T11:54:05","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T03:54:05","slug":"10-common-mistakes-startups-infographics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/10-common-mistakes-startups-infographics\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Common Mistakes Made By Startups [Infographics]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Setting up a startup involves a lot of hard work and efforts. Mr. Chan Kee Siak, or more fondly known as Chan, is the founder &amp; CEO of the Exabytes Group, a leading web hosting provider in Southeast Asia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">From its humble beginning in 2001, Chan has led the group to expand beyond Malaysia to across 121 countries with a clientele boosting governments and public listed companies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><i class=\"copy_only\"><\/i>Chan started working on his own business when he graduated from year 11, merely doing it as a freelancer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Perseverance and passion were the keys to his success, as indicated in Exabytes\u2019 first book, <strong>\u201cFrom Zero Byte to Exabytes\u201d<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Find out the\u00a0<em><strong>10 COMMON MISTAKES made by startups<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0in the Infographic below, produced after an interview with Chan, who is also the honoree of TOYM 2015 (Top Outstanding Young Malaysian).<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Get more insights on what all the other nominees had to say when you check out.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li dir=\"auto\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Why Start a Business?<\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Market and Competition Analysis<\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Partners &amp; Co-Founders<\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Business Plan<\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Business Models<\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Budget<\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Cash Flow Planning<\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Marketing, Selling, Branding<\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Accounting, Financial Management<\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Stay Focused<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p dir=\"auto\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Get more insights on what all the other nominees had to say when you check out the infographic below.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7558 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/blog-banner.jpg?resize=540%2C1688&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"startups\" width=\"540\" height=\"1688\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For more information about Exabytes client success stories &#8211; startups, entrepreneurs, SMEs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/category\/success-stories\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Success Stories Archives &#8211; Exabytes.SG<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Setting up a startup involves a lot of hard work and efforts. 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