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		mfld on Jan 20, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I am (not) a failure: Lessons learned from six fai... The last startup was based on a great idea, with obviously high potential (see airtable). So why did you stop following that idea so early?

lisper on Jan 20, 2025 [–]

Because I'm not a bizdev guy, so when my partner, who was the bizdev guy, had to quit, and we had no customers, the odds of success seemed too low for me to deem it worth the effort to continue.

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