The #1 cause of startup death is making something no one wants. The #2 cause is spending too much. Those two account for so many deaths that I'm not even sure what #3 is. If you merely make something people want and don't spend too much, you're way ahead.
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Does this mean paying too much for the people hired, or hiring people who aren't crucial?
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Both, but mostly the latter
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VCs are over valuing talent/team to PMF so startups and VCs throw money at the problem.
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And too big fancy offices
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Also advertising. In India a startup by the name of http://Housing.com failed bcoz of too much spending on advertising
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