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What Is the First Step to Dealing With a Failed Startup
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Write a postmortem.
Get everything out of your head. Stream all the bullets that come to mind. Your mistakes, your feelings, all that will come out.
Startups are supposed to fail, and it happens all the time. You might cry, but you have to write down a postmortem, and get closure, fast.
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