Survivorship Bias in Startupsby@patrickwoodhead
5,569 reads
5,569 reads

Survivorship Bias in Startups

by Patrick Woodhead5mMarch 12th, 2018
Read on Terminal Reader
Read this story w/o Javascript
tldt arrow

Too Long; Didn't Read

An amazing story from World War 2 provides a lesson in user acquisition for startups. The story is an example of **survivorship bias**, where the data set analysed is only taken from the success stories. Every sticking point, bad advert, [miscommunication], missed conversion, bad meeting, missed opportunity in your marketing and sales funnel, is an enemy bullet.

Companies Mentioned

Mention Thumbnail
Mention Thumbnail
featured image - Survivorship Bias in Startups
Patrick Woodhead HackerNoon profile picture
Patrick Woodhead

Patrick Woodhead

@patrickwoodhead

Co-Founder

Share Your Thoughts

About Author

Patrick Woodhead HackerNoon profile picture
Patrick Woodhead@patrickwoodhead
Co-Founder

TOPICS

THIS ARTICLE WAS FEATURED IN...

Permanent on Arweave
Read on Terminal Reader
Read this story in a terminal
 Terminal
Read this story w/o Javascript
Read this story w/o Javascript
 Lite
L O A D I N G
. . . comments & more!