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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. By way of crude example, if your building innovative trading software for Wall Street, be where you customers are and where you can best network.

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After Facebook's IPO flub, value of tech startups falls back to earth

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A string quartet played a medley of pop radio hits as several hundreds startup founders, Goldman Sachs bankers, and venture capital investors, chatted over drinks inside a gleaming neon temple of Angel Orensanz in lower Manhattan. Capital will be harder to come by, and founders will be more open to sell. By Ben Popper 06.19.2012.

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