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> What's the success rate for startups?
While there are certainly mediocre coders in many many startups, let's put the blame for most startup failures firmly where it lies:
"It was a turd of an idea and no-one told the founder/the founder didn't believe it."
not
"It was an amazing revolutionary concept that was only sabotaged by dimwits who couldn't fizzbuzz."
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> What's the success rate for startups?
While there are certainly mediocre coders in many many startups, let's put the blame for most startup failures firmly where it lies:
"It was a turd of an idea and no-one told the founder/the founder didn't believe it."
not
"It was an amazing revolutionary concept that was only sabotaged by dimwits who couldn't fizzbuzz."