Why Startups Fail: 5 Deadly Mistakes That Killed Billion-Dollar Companies

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Startups don’t fail because they run out of money — they fail because they scale too early, too fast, and with the wrong strategy.

In this no-fluff video, startup mentor and growth expert Phil Masiello reveals the 5 most common — and fatal — mistakes founders make when scaling their business. Whether you're in SaaS, e-commerce, tech, or services, these lessons apply to any founder serious about sustainable growth.

Backed by real-world startup postmortems, Phil breaks down exactly how billion-dollar brands like Quibi, Fab.com, Zenefits, Jawbone, Theranos, and Uber grew too fast — and collapsed even faster.

💥 In this video, you’ll learn:

✅ Why scaling before product-market fit is a guaranteed failure path (Quibi’s $2B disaster)
✅ How companies go “growth broke” by ignoring cash flow fundamentals (Fab.com’s $14M/month burn)
✅ What happens when founders don’t systematize or automate early (Zenefits and regulatory chaos)
✅ Why bad hiring decisions destroy startups from the inside (Jawbone, Theranos)
✅ How a toxic work culture can ruin everything — even with product-market fit (Uber)

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• Why startups fail after raising money
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• Mistakes founders make during hypergrowth
• Product-market fit explained
• Building scalable operations
• Avoiding startup burnout
• What not to do when growing your company

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There are a lot of "experts" out there giving advice who’ve never built a thing. They’ve never stayed up all night sweating a product launch. Never had to scale a team. Never had to meet payroll.

They’re just regurgitating what they read in someone else’s book.

That’s not me.
I’ve built brands. I’ve scaled them. I’ve exited them. I’ve failed, won, and fought through it all.

And now, my team and I help brands do it every single day — across eCommerce, retail, and digital.
We don’t just advise — we execute.
We write the playbook.

So if you’re done with fluff, fake gurus, and marketers who’ve never sold anything outside of a slide deck — you’re in the right place.

This show is real strategies, real tactics, and real talk.

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