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Re:Y Combinator Failed Startups by dustingetz on Friday October 09, 2020 @07:38PM (#24735490)
no explanation is needed for joe founder failing to achieve a $1B outcome. Better to ask why the few succeed and the answer is usually one that could not have even been foreseen.
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Re:Y Combinator Failed Startups by jonathankoren on Friday October 09, 2020 @08:15PM (#24735696)
Not really. That’s a definition of survivorship bias. The answer many times comes down to luck.

https://theconversation.com/huge-success-in-business-is-larg...

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