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Why Startups Fail - 20 Top Reasons Gleaned from 32 Startup Failure Post-Mortems

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After a thorough analysis of those 32 start-up post-mortems, we have determined the common reasons founders gave to compile this list of the top 20 ways to have your startup fail. Work life balance is not something that startup founders often get and so the risk of burning out is high. 13 – Disharmony with Investors/Co-founders.

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The cardinal sin of community management

Startup Lessons Learned

This post would be more coherent if we were able to understand in more detail what the platform features were that were changed, especially as in the SL context, "adult verification" produced a whopping 4,400 votes against it on the P-JIRA features proposal device, and numerous protest groups, actions, blogs, boycotts, etc.

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