Ways Startups Die
The majority of the work of a founder is just not dying long enough to find PMF. After that, then it’s mostly just scaling an existing businesses.
Over the next few weeks I’m writing a series on the way startups die (so you can avoid them). Here’s my current running list but open to ideas for other critical death methods :)
Giving Up
Market Risk (Measure Twice Cut Once: The Idea Maze and Dead Ends)
Platform / Partner Risk
Cofounder Deadlock
Not Shipping
Stagnation
Raising too much
Some other topics I’m thinking about writing about:
Experimenting vs doubling down
Letting go of what doesn’t work
The highest risk factor: yourself