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Startup Fairy Tales and Other Tall Tales That Venture Capitalists Tell

Growthink Blog

Technical progress and market traction are much slower and cost a lot more than anticipated. Management has the wrong pedigree, is geographically undesirable, competes in the wrong industry, and/or has a business model that lacks "scalability credibility" with the venture community. There are a lot of dark, hard days.