How to Fail, Epicly: A panel about founder mindsets to avoid at all costs
summary
Panelists tell concrete startup failures: building in secret, clinging to vanity metrics, and launching without product–market fit for six years. One founder describes pivoting TourRadar into payments after years of B2B dead ends and now lists 50,000 adventures in 170 countries; another shuts down a retiree-matching startup after COVID collapses recruitment. Discussions cover management mistakes (45 direct reports), scaling to 300 then cutting to 100, hiring practices, coaching, and when to quit versus double down. Practical war stories and specific pivots, numbers, and outcomes.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Introduction and panel setup
- 4:23Five pieces of terrible advice
- 11:44Founders' relationship with ideas
- 28:09Growth and management challenges
- 42:08Final advice and reflections
- 51:19Q&A session
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