Dumb ways to die as a startup

Startups are more likely to die than to succeed. One can learn more about what not to do than what successfully worked for others.

I did a talk at Oxford University about Dumb Ways to Die. I break out some of the key reasons that startups fail.

Why startups fail

The five things to watch out for are:

1. Team – founder blow ups
2. Burn – premature scaling
3. Market – size matters
4. Execution – don’t do dumb shit
5. 5 – don’t read TechCrunch

There is no video. Every time I do a talk there is always some technical error that means it wasn’t recorded. Go figure.

Dumb ways to die slides