// Hacker Noon · 6 April 2026

Digital Project Abandonment Crisis: Deadweight Loss in Plain Sight

The most cited figure in startup failure research comes from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: roughly 20% of businesses fail in their first year, and about 65% within ten years. For technology companies specifically, CB Insights' analysis of over 110 startup post-mortems found that 42% failed be...

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