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Re:I wasted $40k on a fantastic startup idea by wartijn_ on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @03:16AM (#25831090)
Aren't you falling for the survivorship bias trap? Sure, people have said that about Airbnb. But I think there are loads of that startups that failed because they didn't understand the industry they were in, or because of legal hurdles.
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Re:I wasted $40k on a fantastic startup idea by spzb on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @06:13AM (#25832263)
I think there's probably a lot more to be learned about business success by studying business failures. There's certainly a load more source material.
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