I don't know of any good books on startup failure specifically, but I mentioned Fooled by Randomness in another similar thread and I think it provides an interesting view on what leads to these...
I don't know of any good books on startup failure specifically, but I mentioned Fooled by Randomness in another similar thread and I think it provides an interesting view on what leads to these poor choices - both within the business, and perhaps even more so from the investors as you mention above.
I also found When Genius Failed very interesting. It's essentially a case study of how a single fund managed to cause a global economic panic in the late 90s. It's not really a startup per se, and by definition it can't touch on modern startup culture, but in its way that makes it all the more interesting: the parallels to be drawn are striking even though the company started even before dialup internet access was readily available.
I don't know of any good books on startup failure specifically, but I mentioned Fooled by Randomness in another similar thread and I think it provides an interesting view on what leads to these poor choices - both within the business, and perhaps even more so from the investors as you mention above.
I also found When Genius Failed very interesting. It's essentially a case study of how a single fund managed to cause a global economic panic in the late 90s. It's not really a startup per se, and by definition it can't touch on modern startup culture, but in its way that makes it all the more interesting: the parallels to be drawn are striking even though the company started even before dialup internet access was readily available.