A Postmortem of a Startup
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A Postmortem of a Startup
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#2>> After raising a £744,000 pre-seed round in April 2024, we explored several business models
Capital after traction
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#3A good question to ask before starting a startup is : "Do I see myself working 10 years on this problem?". Looks like they ran out of steam, rather than out of runway.
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#4Thanks for writing this!
> Housing in Britain is expensive because getting planning permission is difficult.
Isn't the real problem that supply is artificially constrained because house prices and the economy are interlinked in a way in a special way in the UK economy, such that the majority of home owners don't want it changed (because more supply == downward pricing pressure)
I think the only entity that could meaningfully change this situation is government, and well it's easier to not upset your donors.
Edit: To be fair to the author, they do mention artificial supply constraints but I think my point stands - it is there by design, too much inertia forcing it to be that way that won't be changed by streamlining the bureaucratic elements
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#5Thanks for writing this! > Housing in Britain is expensive because getting planning permission is difficult. Isn't the real problem that supply is artificially constrained because house prices and the economy are interlinked in a way in a special way in the UK economy, such that the majority of home owners don't want it changed (because more supply == downward pricing pressure) I think the only entity that could mean…
is that a very special thing? it seems like that in the US too imo
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#6Nice writeup, wish more startups who didn't succeed did this though understand not easy thing to write so kudos.
One factor to success is timing, as someone who lives in UK around London and is seeing (slowly) greenbelt getting developed on perhaps the market might be moving towards you in the next 5 years.
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#7Thanks for writing this! > Housing in Britain is expensive because getting planning permission is difficult. Isn't the real problem that supply is artificially constrained because house prices and the economy are interlinked in a way in a special way in the UK economy, such that the majority of home owners don't want it changed (because more supply == downward pricing pressure) I think the only entity that could mean…
I think you're describing NIMBY, which is more of a US/SF thing (but also is a case in Europe to some extent).
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#8Thanks for writing this! > Housing in Britain is expensive because getting planning permission is difficult. Isn't the real problem that supply is artificially constrained because house prices and the economy are interlinked in a way in a special way in the UK economy, such that the majority of home owners don't want it changed (because more supply == downward pricing pressure) I think the only entity that could mean…
I agree with you that that's probably the real problem, but not that the situation is unique to Britain (although maybe it's worse in Britain then elsewhere)...
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#9A good question to ask before starting a startup is : "Do I see myself working 10 years on this problem?". Looks like they ran out of steam, rather than out of runway.
Why 10 years? Is it not typical with startup founders to plan a lucrative exit in a much shorter time frame?
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#10Nice writeup, wish more startups who didn't succeed did this though understand not easy thing to write so kudos. One factor to success is timing, as someone who lives in UK around London and is seeing (slowly) greenbelt getting developed on perhaps the market might be moving towards you in the next 5 years.
I would agree but I doubt it will become more of a thing, too many seem to not be willing to accept failure or show vunerability. This will always be rare in the start up market as long as bravado and fake it till you make it is still a thing, which it is.