Why Startups Fail: Run Out Of Cash, Run Out Of Commitment

February 29, 2008

One thing I've been pondering this weekend is figuring out why startups fail. But, in order to figure that out, I had to first decide what constitutes failure. The more I thought about it, the more I realized that a definitive failure is when the startup simply stops trying. And, the only reasons to stop trying are that you run out of cash, or you run out of commitment -- or both.

by Dharmesh Shah

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