Adam Shuaib, PhD

Most great founders have a clear point-of-origin story that explains why they were compelled to start a company, and why nothing else would cut it. But 99% of VC interactions focus on what the comp...

Most startups don’t actually fail because the market is too competitive or because they run out of money; they fail because the founders quit too early. The ones who don’t quit often have something...

Across 5000+ founder meetings, the single rarest success trait we saw was pathological determination (<1% of founders). Having a good work ethic is not enough; these individuals possess a borderlin...