Re:Ask HN: Should I stay at my default dead startup or go an...
by andrewmutz on Thursday June 27, 2024 @04:00PM
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> All VC backed startups are default dead.
That's not true. If you have a startup that actually could pay all its bills and turn a profit if it wanted to, it's default alive. Just because you're choosing instead to spend on growth, that doesn't make it default dead.
Another irrelevant data point is how long you have failed to make revenue. We see patterns of startups building things for 4 years, then hit product-market fit 2 years after launch. You have the runway for that, and you've already put in the time. However, there are startups that start from scratch, launch a thing in 4 months then get to PMF 2 months later. You rarely see data where someone launches something 4 months and sees PMF 4 years later. Starting from scratch isn't bad.
It sounds like the problem is with your cofounder and the processes that led you to this point. So based on the given data, I'd say do something else.