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Why Businesses Fail: A Data Expert Explains It All

  • Writer: Thomas Thurston
    Thomas Thurston
  • Mar 11, 2013
  • 1 min read

By Sarah Max Dec 3, 2013


Data scientist Thomas Thurston uses algorithms to understand the common traits between businesses that fail and succeed. Turns out, experience is only a small factor, and the best products can actually backfire.




 
 

We find where systems get stuck and deploy capital to unstick them. In complex industries, a small number of bottlenecks decide where value accumulates and where progress stalls.

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