Matan HazanovManaging Partner, Enigma Ventures · Founder | VC | Podcast Host | I can help you raise money

Advice for struggling entrepreneurs

11 Jan 2026 · 1 min

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In a brief interview, Speaker B offers practical advice for entrepreneurs facing difficulties. The core message is to launch a venture only when a clear societal problem is identified, positioning the business as a partner to the community. Continuous engagement with people—customers, suppliers, financiers, government, and other stakeholders—is emphasized. Mapping the entire ecosystem helps ensure the venture’s vision aligns with each stakeholder’s needs. Building partnerships with organizations, investors, and individuals is presented as essential for success, with the vision always rooted in solving a societal issue.

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What's your advice today for entrepreneurs who are struggling?
Start a business when you see a problem. Be a partner of the society to make it better, right? Don't be alone. Talk to people. Always, always try to build your team to some extent, right? Every time you are somewhere, talk to people. Say, I help these people with this problem. What can you suggest? Map your community all the time because every business have to be social to some extent because it helps society to be better. Right? So have this mindset. One more thing. People normally think about problems and it's good if they think about the problems of their customers. But there are many other stakeholders around the venture and you have to think about them. As I said, suppliers, financiers, government, like whatever. Make sure that you have the vision where every important stakeholder sees what they want to see and solve their problems. And your partners. Partner as much as you can. With organizations, with people, talk to people, with investors, of course. And that's the way to succeed, but it always starts from a vision. And the vision starts from a problem in the society.