Citation, as they say, is needed. As far as I can tell, most startups resolve their technical debt by failing, and the majority of the rest resolve their debt

Citation, as they say, is needed. As far as I can tell, most startups resolve their technical debt by failing, and the majority of the rest resolve their debt by being acquired by a company which replaces the original service entirely in 1-3 years because it's too hard to integrate as-is.