What Kills Startups (Every Time) - Encore!

​​Success is overhyped. Failure is patterned—and preventable.   

​​Everyone teaches how to win. Almost no one studies how startups actually die. 

​​And they don’t die randomly. 

​​Most failures follow the same patterns—long before the market, product, or team gets blamed. This session breaks down what actually kills startups—and how to avoid it. 

​​Hear from Albert Lin, Managing Partner, and a US venture capital GP, sharing lessons from the trenches on what separates companies that survive from those that don’t. 

​​🎯 What you’ll walk away with 

• ​​The most common (and preventable) startup failure patterns 

• ​​How capital structure quietly determines outcomes 

• ​​Where governance breaks—and how to fix it early 

• ​​What experienced investors look for beyond upside 

​​If you’re building or investing in a startup, this is the part no one teaches—and the part that matters most when things go wrong. 

​If you missed our Monday session, this is encore!

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