The “Startup Genome Report” released this week from seed accelerator blackbox collected data from 650+ startups to analyze factors that led to a company’s  success or failure.  I’m adding it to my recommended must-read list for early stage entrepreneurs.  The authors (Max Marmer, Bjoern Lasse Hermann and Ron Berman) have summarized 14 indicators of success and have made the full report available for download here (in return for providing some basic information).  It’s great to have a relatively large, current data set, rather than the more limited view we each get, in our roles as service providers to startups, founders, VCs, etc., from our companies, clients and portfolio investments.  A few of the findings that struck me as interesting:
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