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> a startup which is not yet profitable and burning investors money you should assume that the company is failing

If a startup doesn't have a period where it is "not yet profitable and burning investors money", then it didn't need investors in the first place. The whole point of venture capital is to enable the existence of "convex" business models that require a period of revenue-less work before anything happens.



Yes.

You have to understand that startups "by default" are failing. They are searching for and developing repeatable and scalable business model.

If they found that "repeatable and scalable business model" they are not startup and they are called established business.

If they do not find "repeatable and scalable business model" they fail.

I was in 3 startups so I would say 100% fail but that is my luck.




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