Evidence-based insights on startup success, business excellence, and why most failures are preventable.
TRL measures product readiness. IRL measures commercial viability. KTH assesses six dimensions in parallel. All useful. None built on what actually causes startups to fail. Here is what existing frameworks were not designed to see.
Read full postHarvard research shows 65% of high-potential startups fail due to cofounder conflict. 35% of funded founders leave within two years. Governance is not a Series B problem. It is a day one problem.
Read full postASIC imposed $32.2 million in civil penalties in H1 2024. Over 11,000 companies entered external administration in 2023-24. Here is what Australian startups are actually required to do, and what it costs to ignore it.
Read full postIn 2011, a team of researchers built a self-assessment tool that could identify whether a startup was on track to fail. It had 34,000 users and Steve Blank's endorsement. Then it disappeared. Here's what happened, and why it matters.
Read full postThe 2025 Global Startup Ecosystem Report studied more than 5 million companies across 350+ ecosystems. Early-stage deal counts have fallen roughly 70% from their 2021 peak, and Australian founders are raising significantly less than the global average. Here's what it means.
Read full postIn 2024-25, 437,150 new businesses entered the Australian market. 60% will fail within three years. Most of these failures are preventable. Here's why I built Sova to democratise access to the tools that prevent them.
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