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The Real Reason Most Startups Fail It's Not What You Think

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startup failure statistics everyone quotes are wrong—or at least,
they're missing the point. Yes, 42% of startups fail due to "no market
need," and 29% run out of cash.

But here's what six years of supporting startup teams has taught me:
these statistics only tell us how startups fail, not why they fail.

Editor's Note: Given that nearly one in three entrepreneurs likely has
ADHD traits that, while often contributing to their initial success,
can also create relationship challenges, savvy investors started to
ask different questions during due diligence

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What the Modi-Xi Meeting Was Really About - Foreign Policy
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The highlights this week: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits
China for the first time since 2018, search efforts are underway after
a deadly earthquake in eastern Afghanistan, and Bangladesh sets a
timeline for national elections.

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Ranking Things from Quiet Luxury to Loud Luxury - The New Yorker
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A bottle of Aesop hand wash in each and every one of your twelve guest
bathrooms, plus a bottle of Dom Prignon in each and every one of your
five double-wide fridges, and a bottle of lorazepam for anyone who
asks.

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Big Take: Why Taylor Swift Is Big on Polymarket - Bloomberg
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The world's surprise boomtown: Baghdad - [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=230110&nl=daily]
Cranes sprout above the Baghdad skyline. The shriek of electric saws
echoes across the city. Under the heavy summer sun, workers lay a new
pavement outside a chic fromagerie. Baghdad is enjoying a construction
boom. Iraq looks remarkably stable-and that is drawing foreign
investors and reshaping its capital.

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In front-line Ukrainian towns, those who stayed become moving targets
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ORIKHIV , UKRAINE : Anatoliy Suliz long ago grew accustomed to the
sound of artillery in this front-line city. But in April, as he biked
up a hill in search of cell signal, he heard something buzzing
overhead. He dove off the bike just as a drone smashed into the
pavement next to him, bursting his eardrum and leaving a trail of
gashes in his right side.

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The big problem with "no tax on tips"
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Populism is best understood as a rhetorical mode that portrays
political life as a conflict between the many and the few the
righteous people and the extractive elite. This narrative frame has
been a staple of Democratic politics since the days of FDR (if not
Andrew Jackson) and for good reason. Many economic issues genuinely
pit the interests of the rich against those of ordinary people. And
the Republican Party often takes the minoritys side of those fights.

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Amazon's strict RTO policy is costing it top tech talent, according to
internal document and insiders - Business Insider
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An internal document and accounts from Amazon insiders show that the
company's aggressive in-office work policy and requirement to move
near designated "hub" offices are hampering recruiting efforts.

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McDonald's escalates restaurant industry's fight over tipping - WSJ
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The burger giant has come out against wage rules that allow
casual-dining restaurants, bars and other establishments to pay below
the typical minimum wage to tip-earning workers.

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Electromechanical Reshaping Offers Safer Eye Surgery
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A new technique can reshape your vision without lasers. Learn how
electricity might change future eye surgeries.

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Ex-NASA chief: China likely to land humans on Moon before Uncle Sam
does again
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Overly complex architecture featuring SpaceX's Starship to blame

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Jellyfish force shutdown of nuclear reactor
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Theo Burman is a Newsweek Live News Reporter based in London, U.K. He
writes about U.S. politics and international news, with a focus on
infrastructure and technology. He has covered technological and
cultural issues extensively in the U.S. and the U.K., such as the rise
of Elon Musk and other tech figures within the conservative movement,
and the development of high-profile international construction
projects. Theo joined Newsweek in 2024 and has previously written for
Dexerto, PinkNews, and News UK. He is a graduate of Durham University
and News Associates. You can get in touch with Theo by
[email protected]. Languages: English.

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Bill Gates's Investment Firm Is Joining a $300 Million Effort to
Combat Climate Change - Inc [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=230110&nl=daily]
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A group of investors and entrepreneurs are coming together to fund
climate tech companies at the same time that the federal government
cools on the sector. The powerhouse group of more than a dozen VC
firms and private equity funds, including Bill Gates-backed
Breakthrough Energy, Khosla Ventures, DCVC, Gigascale Capital, and
Obvious Ventures is on track to close an initial $300 million fund by
the end of October. Its called the All Aboard Coalition.

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The Federal Reserve Is Too Independent - Intelligencer
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Kennedy, in striking turn, accuses ousted CDC director of lying about
leadup to her firing - STAT [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=230110&nl=daily]
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For STATs live blog of health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.s
appearance before the Senate Finance Committee, click here.Health
secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. denied on Thursday that he told the
director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to
greenlight whatever policies his handpicked panel of vaccine advisers
recommended before he fired her, accusing the health official of lying
to the public.

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Tech's hottest industry is facing a brutal reality check. That's a
good thing in the long run. - Business Insider
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Two things appear to be happening in tandem. Businesses are starting
to finally grasp what AI can and importantly, can't do to boost their
bottom lines. And the sky-high expectations that have been partly
inflated and overhyped by AI firms over the past few years are finally
coming down to Earth.

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Why the E.U. Is Banning Some Gel Nail Polish
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Starting this week, gel polishes that contain a key chemical
ingredient can no longer be used in the bloc's 27 member countries.

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Sudan's Crisis in the Shadows
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Invisible anguish is especially wretched. That has been Sudans lot
during two years of brutal civil warslaughter that has claimed some
150,000 lives and forced almost a quarter of its population of 50
million to flee their homes.

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DOJ Opens Mortgage Fraud Probe Into Fed's Lisa Cook - Forbes
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A criminal investigation was launched by the Justice Department into
allegations of mortgage fraud surrounding Federal Reserve Governor
Lisa Cook, who has denied the claims and disputed President Donald
Trumps authority to oust her.

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The Farage power project - [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=230110&nl=daily]
Why did Doge, the bureaucracy-slashing project of Donald Trump's
administration, fizzle after 130 chaotic days? The volatility of Elon
Musk, its architect and enforcer, was a big factor

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Streameast: Largest illegal live sports streaming site shut down
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The take-down of the site has been championed as a major victory for
live sports broadcasters.

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Exclusive: GM cuts output at a major EV factory, citing weak demand
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General Motors is cutting output at one of its main electric-vehicle
factories, the latest automaker to pull back on EVs as U.S. President
Donald Trump's administration yanks federal support for green cars.

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How neural fingerprinting could analyse our minds - FT
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Everyone reading this article can congratulate themselves on their
amazing abilities and good fortune. You are the lucky owner of the
most remarkable processing machine in the known universe: your brain.

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Google ruling shows antitrust tools struggle to keep up with tech
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U.S. antitrust enforcers have spent years strategizing how to bring
lawsuits against the nations biggest tech companies, with the goal of
restraining their power and promoting competition.

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McDonald's CEO says Trump's no tax on tips creates 'uneven playing
field' for its restaurants, which don't get 'customers to pay' for
labor
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Chris Kempczinski raised concerns that restaurants paying tipped
workers a lower minimum wage were getting an extra boost from the
White House's new tax deductions.

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Lisbon funicular cable crash: Who are the victims?
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A transport worker is among those killed, while a three-year-old
German boy is reported to have escaped with minor injuries.

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Chinas DeepSeek Preps AI Agent for End-2025 to Rival OpenAI -
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DeepSeek is developing an artificial intelligence model with more
advanced AI agent features to compete with US rivals like OpenAI in a
newer frontier of the technology, according to people familiar with
the matter

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Billionaire family offices bet on drones, nuclear energy in August
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Peter Thiel's private investment firm backed a German drone maker as
other wealthy investors warm to defense tech.

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Apple Plans AI-Powered Web Search Tool for Siri to Rival OpenAI,
Perplexity - Bloomberg [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=230110&nl=daily]
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Apple Inc. is planning to launch its own artificial
intelligence-powered web search tool next year, stepping up
competition with OpenAI and Perplexity AI Inc.

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Waymo Is A Trillion-Dollar Opportunity. Google Just Needs To Seize It.
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The self-driving tech unit is expanding but if Alphabet pushed harder,
Waymo could dominate a new market with the potential to generate more
revenue than its ad business.

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The year's buzziest deals are corporate breakups - WSJ
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In June, Warner Bros. Discovery bowed to growing investor discontent
and said it would split in two, unwinding the $43 billion deal that
brought AT&Ts WarnerMedia and Discovery under the same corporate roof
less than four years ago. Last month, Keurig Dr Pepper agreed to buy
coffee chain JDE Peets for $18 billiona deal it said was a prelude to
separating its soda and coffee businesses, which had joined forces in
2018.

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How France achieved the world's fastest nuclear buildout
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France built 37 nuclear reactors in ten years. To do this required
making sure local communities shared in the benefits of atomic power.

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Trumps Fed Pick Draws Democratic Fire at Confirmation Hearing -
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President Donald Trump's pick to fill a vacant seat on the Federal
Reserve's Board reiterated his commitment to central bank independence
at a confirmation hearing Thursday, pushing back on concerns from
Democrats that he would merely do Trump's bidding.

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Hydrogen-Powered Plasma Torch Decimates Plastic Waste in a Blink
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Using the quirky physics of plasma, this torch instantly converts
mixed plastic waste into chemical compounds that can be recycled for
other projects.

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Exclusive: Fintech startup Ramp hits $1 billion in annualized revenue
after notching $22.5 billion valuation
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The six-year-old company is rebuilding corporate credit cards and
expense reports with funding from Founders Fund, Iconiq, and Khosla
Ventures.

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Amazon is ready to enter the AI agent race in a big way, according to
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Quick Suite empowers "every business user to make better decisions,
faster, and act on them swiftly by unifying Al agents for business
insights, deep research, and automation into a single experience,"
according to one of the documents, marked confidential.

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UAE warns Israel that annexation of West Bank would be 'red line'
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The UAE has warned that any Israeli move to annex the occupied West
Bank would be a "red line," without specifying its possible impact on
the landmark normalization accord between the two countries.

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Quantum computing firm reaches $10bn valuation as investor interest
builds
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British founder of Quantinuum doubles value of stake with excitement
growing over technology's 'transformative potential'

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Russia Wants 'Security Guarantees' Too. Here's What They Look Like.
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The Kremlin's vision of national security comes at the expense of
Ukrainian sovereignty, underlining the challenges of striking a peace
deal.

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Mutations driving evolution are informed by the genome, not random,
study suggests
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A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences by scientists from Israel and Ghana shows that an
evolutionarily significant mutation in the human APOL1 gene arises not
randomly but more frequently where it is needed to prevent disease,
fundamentally challenging the notion that evolution is driven by
random mutations and tying the results to a new theory that, for the
first time, offers a new concept for how mutations arise.

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This Unlikely Chemical Could Be a Powerful Weapon Against Climate
Change
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New research provides a framework for carbon capture driven by
photochemistry, a potentially cheaper and less energy-intensive
alternative to leading technologies.

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DARPA Unveils "DRBE": The Pentagon's Plan to Win the Invisible War
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DARPA unveils DRBY, the world's largest real-time RF emulator,
transforming how the U.S. tests electronic warfare systems.

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A bioengineered protein may someday treat carbon monoxide poisoning
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Mice treated with the protein, which is found in bacteria, quickly
eliminated carbon monoxide from their body in their pee.

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Kennedy, in striking turn, accuses ousted CDC director of lying about
leadup to her firing
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Kennedy did not mention that Monarez, a longtime health official in
the federal government, was nominated to the director position by
President Trump, and that Kennedy had been praising her just weeks
before he fired her. 

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Tesla Says Its Robotaxi App Now Open to Public Riders
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Tesla Inc. said it has opened its robotaxi app to the general public,
suggesting the company will soon roll out the service beyond a select
group of early access users in Austin, Texas.

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Agency that issues visas and green cards is hiring armed agents - WSJ
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Rivian CEO says it 'blows my mind' that the US auto industry is
reprioritizing capital toward gas-powered vehicles - Business Insider
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Combustion engines are once again on the rise. Recently, General
Motors announced a $4 billion investment in American gas-powered
vehicle production. Meanwhile, the US government moved to end many of
its green energy and electric vehicle expansion programs and
incentives, such as the EV tax credit.

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A stress test for global trade - FT [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=230110&nl=daily]
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In the past six months, the global trading system has been jolted by
the US's unilateral actions. More than a few people have proclaimed
the demise of the World Trade Organization.

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Federal Judge Blocks Trump's Move to Cut $4.9 Billion in Foreign Aid
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The judge expressed deep skepticism of the administration’s
arguments that it had the power to withhold funds appropriated by
Congress.

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Bacteria in Spacecraft Clean Rooms Are Almost Impossible to Kill -
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A bacterial species found in spacecraft clean rooms can survive
intensive antimicrobial cleaning by going dormant, new research finds.
Thats important because other clean-room survivors had been known to
live through disinfection by forming spores, which are thick-walled
structures that protect bacteria from high temperatures or toxins such
as ethanol. The actinobacterium Tersicoccus phoenicis cant form these
spores, but a new study published in the journal Microbiology Spectrum
shows that it can go into a state similar to hibernation. In this
state, it has no growth and almost no metabolism but has the ability
to wake up when conditions improve.

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Synthesia's AI clones are more expressive than ever. Soon they'll be
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Earlier this summer, I walked through the glassy lobby of a fancy
office in London, into an elevator, and then along a corridor into a
clean, carpeted room. Natural light flooded in through its windows,
and a large pair of umbrella-like lighting rigs made the room even
brighter. I tried not to squint as I took my place in front of a
tripod equipped with a large camera and a laptop displaying an
autocue. I took a deep breath and started to read out the script.

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