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Product vs. Market vs. Team: Why the market always wins(techfounderstack.com)
1 points by makle 8mo ago|0 comments
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What Is Good Product Management?(techfounderstack.com)
1 points by makle 9mo ago|0 comments
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The Importance of Network Effects for Startups(techfounderstack.com)
1 points by makle 10mo ago|0 comments
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by makle 10mo ago
A lot of startups get built around hype instead of a real problem. When the buzzword fades and the funding dries up, the company suddenly has to stand on its own legs, and many can’t. Growing fast without a solid solution underneath is a da
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by makle 10mo ago
The cultural difference is massive. In much of Europe, breaking even early is seen as healthy and responsible. In the U.S., the mindset is more “swing big or don’t swing at all,” which pushes teams to chase hypergrowth long before the busin
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by makle 10mo ago
Totally agree that sometimes shutting down is the right call, not every startup should survive, and plenty of ideas simply don’t work once they hit reality. The point I was trying to make isn’t that failure = suicide, but that many teams co
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by makle 10mo ago
I think you’re spot on — money and differentiation are the two cliffs most startups fall off. A lot of founders underestimate how hard it is to get someone to switch to a new product. Unless you’re 10x better in a way that’s obvious, people
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by makle 10mo ago
These are perfect examples of how misaligned expectations can quietly sink a company. In both cases, the teams actually had something: revenue, interest, real offers. But when the founders anchor on a fantasy outcome, they stop making groun
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by makle 10mo ago
You’re right that the underlying incentives are very different. Traditional businesses are built to last, so the focus is naturally on steady profits, good operations, and long-term customer value. In tech — especially with VC money involve
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by makle 10mo ago
I somewhat failed my last 2 startups as well. None turned into a huge success. But the friends along the way and the contacts sticked. I think the most important thing is that you learn from those failures and improve for the next one!
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by makle 10mo ago
Feedback taken. If for sure helps making people more likely to click! haha I hope you forgive me that!
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by makle 10mo ago
Agreed. I think building a startup should also rather have a fast failure in case it doesn't work out. I've seen friends trying for several years, only walking away in the end with almost nothing.
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by makle 10mo ago
Interesting opinion. Perhaps it's because I am a founder pre-2020 and lots of my thinking was shaped around that. What else do you think changed post-2020?
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by makle 10mo ago
I agree on your statement that growth and sales heals a lot of wounds or covers them actually. In co-founder relationship the absence of those also does open wounds and shows problems.
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Why Startups Die(techfounderstack.com)
79 points by makle 10mo ago|60 comments
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by makle 10mo ago
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by makle 3y ago
Very cool!