Super Founders: What Data Reveals About Billion-Dollar Startups

Investor Ali Tamaseb spent years building a dataset of thousands of data points on startups that reached billion-dollar valuations and those that didn't. He set out to test the common wisdom about what makes founders succeed. The findings challenge several myths, from the importance of being first to market to the founder's age and pedigree. Tamaseb pairs the data with interviews with founders and investors behind companies such as Zoom, Instacart and Plaid.

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