Your Startup Is Probably Dead On Arrival
From Steve Blank Podcast by Steve Blank
March 19, 2026 · 11 min
About this episode
The episode discusses the importance of reassessing business assumptions for startups that have been operating for over two years.
If you started a company more than two years ago, it’s likely that many of your assumptions are no longer true. You need to stop coding, building, recruiting, fund raising, etc., and take stock of what changed around you. Or your company will die.
People in this episode
Host: Steve Blank
Topics covered
- startup challenges
- business assumptions
- company survival
- market changes
- entrepreneurship
Keywords
- startup
- business assumptions
- entrepreneurship
- market changes
- company survival
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