With Ahmad Ismail, Avi Swerdlow, Dacheng Zhao and Samir Pradhan

0:40 Recap of Episode #4

4:28 What do we mean by failure?

5:19 Finding a solution that’s looking for a problem

6:50 When nobody cares

8:50 You only fail when you don’t learn anything

9:36 Dacheng’s failure

14:24 Users that don’t exist

21:05 Not aligning with “Worldviews”

26:04 Avi’s failure

32:04 Lack of access

36:05 Segway vs. Bird

39:00 Neglecting Go-to-market

42:20 Good copy vs. bad copy

46:05 Ahmad’s failure

49:44 Wrong company

53:02 Existential threats

57:51 Samir’s failure

1:01:49 Historical baggage

1:05:23 When the team gives up

1:12:38 Single points of failure

1:14:55 Carveouts