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Why Startups Die

The Next Web

In 2007, Paul Graham gave a variety of causes for startup death in How Not To Die. It can be very tempting to take in a little bit of seed capital, and start to operate as if you’re a big company. He wrote: When startups die, the official cause of death is always either running out of money or a critical founder bailing.

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Out of the Crisis #27: Eren Bali of Carbon Health on public health, COVID vaccinations, and working as a unified society to solve problems

Startup Lessons Learned

A provider of low-cost health clinics across the country, Carbon Health was also on the frontlines when the COVID pandemic hit--and even understood what was coming long before most people in the U.S. Carbon Health is a provider of low-cost health clinics across the country. We had to raise some seed capital.

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Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

maplebutter.com

Outsourcing is something a big company, with a known customer / problem (that has revenue & traction) does to save cost. I have a proposal written up including full cost and revenue projections. Then decide if you can build more value on either end of that process to demand a higher premium. They care about real product.