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Furqan ahmad@fab978•Oct 25, 2025
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Why Tech Startups Are Doomed to Die

Avatar of codemotionCodemotion•From codemotion.com•Aug 26, 2025•13m read time

Tech startups have a 90% failure rate primarily because they're founded by technical teams lacking commercial skills. The main causes of failure include building products without market validation, running out of funds due to poor business metrics understanding, inadequate marketing, and having homogeneous teams without sales expertise. Technical founders often focus on perfect code rather than customer needs, leading to brilliant but useless products. Success requires combining technical skills with commercial acumen, active customer validation, and diverse team composition including non-technical co-founders who can sell and understand market dynamics.

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Hello, I'm Furqan Ahmad, a backend-focused full-stack developer

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