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> and it has caused companies to form and get funded I am far more interested in what percentage fail because of a breakdown in the founder relationship. It's
by threeseed 4y ago
> and it has caused companies to form and get funded
I am far more interested in what percentage fail because of a breakdown in the founder relationship.
It's easy to start a company and get funded, when you have a great team. It's very difficult to maintain that relationship for a decade or more.
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- jacquesm 4y ago> I am far more interested in what percentage fail because of a breakdown in the founder relationship. In my experience this happens far more often than issues with tech, but less frequently than running out of cash due to failure in product market fit for pure software plays. Hardware companies tend to be rough for the founders, unless they are extremely savvy at raising funds. The longer a start-up remains in the start-up phase the bigger the chance for co-founder conflicts due to differences in expectations and changing life circumstances.
- robust-cactus 4y agoSeparating signal from noise is going to be interesting here. Startups founded by friends, former co-workers or network all fail. Exiting isn't guaranteed, nor is product market fit or any amount of success. Most startups fail. Yes it will be cool when we can see stats like "co-founder matching has created X startups, and you're Y% more likely to succeed." Those stats take time to reach significance. For now, it's OK for it to ride on vision + early indicators like "# of startups founded".