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Why Start-ups Fail

Kalle Gustafsson/Trunk Archive

Most start-ups don’t succeed: More than two-thirds of them never deliver a positive return to investors. But why do so many end disappointingly? That question hit me with full force several years ago when I realized I couldn’t answer it.

A version of this article appeared in the May–June 2021 issue of Harvard Business Review.

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