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How to Decrease the Odds That Your Startup Fails

Both Sides of the Table

Lately I’ve been having to say things I thought I’d never have to remind people, like, “getting to positive gross margin in several territories is a very low bar to claim success” or “profitable excluding marketing costs” is not actually a real thing. But not doing basic research makes no sense.

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Do the Math

Austin Startup

The goal of model building is to prove that if you take all the baby steps in the right order, and you test out pricing and cost assumptions as best you can along the way, and you keep listening to potential customers as you progress, then you develop reasonable confidence that success is mathematically possible.