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The Real Reason Most Startups Fail It's Not What You Think
 The 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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WorkWhat the Modi-Xi Meeting Was Really About - Foreign Policy 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. WorkWorkWorkThe world's surprise boomtown: Baghdad - 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. WorkIn front-line Ukrainian towns, those who stayed become moving targets - WSJ 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. WorkThe big problem with "no tax on tips" 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. WorkWork WorkWorkWorkJellyfish force shutdown of nuclear reactor 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. WorkBill Gates's Investment Firm Is Joining a $300 Million Effort to Combat Climate Change - Inc 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. WorkWorkKennedy, in striking turn, accuses ousted CDC director of lying about leadup to her firing - STAT 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. WorkWork WorkSudan's Crisis in the Shadows 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. WorkWorkThe Farage power project - 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 Work WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkThe year's buzziest deals are corporate breakups - WSJ 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. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkMutations driving evolution are informed by the genome, not random, study suggests 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. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkAgency that issues visas and green cards is hiring armed agents - WSJ uscis, immigration crackdown, trump immigration policy, uscis fraud detection, green card application, us citizenship, uscis police force, immigration law usa, us visa, immigrant rights, immigration and customs enforcement, us immigration news, joe edlow, h-1b visa, immigration services usa WorkWorkA stress test for global trade - FT 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. WorkWorkBacteria in Spacecraft Clean Rooms Are Almost Impossible to Kill - Scientific American 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. WorkSynthesia's AI clones are more expressive than ever. Soon they'll be able to talk back. - MIT Technology Review 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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