Raza Brilzen

Most founders treat scaling like a finish line. Their assumption of winning is tied to sprinting toward more users and more markets sooner. The data says the opposite. Startup Genome’s analysis of more than 3,200 high-growth tech companies found that 74% failed because they scaled prematurely. They expanded before they had…

Every founder believes their startup is the exception to the failure statistics. However, Crunchbase reports that companies with good products still have an “over 80% chance of failing.” Startup growth isn’t luck. It’s usually the result of a few deliberate moves made early and repeated consistently, long before a startup…

The technology industry thrives on new ideas. However, the innovation ecosystem often remains highly fragmented. Investors, startup founders, corporate executives, and academic institutions typically operate in silos. This disconnect makes it difficult for early-stage entrepreneurs to secure funding. It also makes it hard for investors to find the right opportunities.…

Over the past five years, there has been a simple idea that bigger models are better. OpenAI’s GPT-3 proved in 2020 that throwing more parameters at a problem sent performance through the roof, and the entire industry raced to replicate that logic. Tech giants raced to build powerful foundation models…