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Podcast: Michael Covel's Trend Following
Episode: Ep. 962: Tom Eisenmann Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
Description: If you want your startup to succeed, you need to understand why startups fail. Why do startups fail? That question caught Harvard Business School professor Tom Eisenmann by surprise when he realized he couldn’t answer it. So he launched a multiyear research project to find out. In Why Startups Fail, Eisenmann reveals his findings: six distinct patterns that account for the vast majority of startup failures. Bad Bedfellows. Startup success is thought to rest largely on the founder’s talents and instincts. But the wrong team, investors, or partners can sink a vent...