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Why email startups fail

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140 points skeptrune | 3 comments | 01 Jul 25 00:41 UTC | HN request time: 0.672s | source
1. aussieguy1234 ◴[01 Jul 25 05:05 UTC] No.44430753[source]▶
If 1 in 5 takes off, is that really a bad success rate given that's widely considered the average startup success rate?
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2. dvt ◴[01 Jul 25 05:39 UTC] No.44430913[source]▶
Average startup success rate is 1/10 at best. The "90% of startups fail" metric that's often cited is likely inflated by B2B companies which find significantly more success (like, an order of magnitude more) than B2C.
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3. IAmBroom ◴[01 Jul 25 12:48 UTC] No.44433398[source]▶
Not sure that's inflated, as it's comparable to the 5-year failure rate of new storefront businesses, according to what I read in the pre-internet days.

10% of attempts to monetize new ideas might just be a basal level, since the root issues (humans, often without formal business training nor experience) don't change with technological implementation.