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42% -- startup failure rate no market need for startups (2023)

2023  · CB Insights

According to CB Insights, 42% of startups fail because there is no market need.

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42%
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2023
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startups
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Freshness
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CB Insights Primary Tier C
https://www.katrinayoungconsulting.com/blog/2023/10/3/from-idea-to-validated-mvp-your-path-to-busine… ↗
Confidence: 48/100 Vintage: 2023 Channel: Deep Crawl
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CB Insights · Original study ↗

Startup post-mortem analysis cited from CB Insights (also attributed to Statista in the article); secondary citation in a consulting blog.

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startups: 42% startup failure rate no market need. Source: CB Insights (2023). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/startups-fail-no-market-need-42
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