Why Software Projects Fail Founders — And It’s Rarely the Engineers
The real reasons software projects go over budget, miss deadlines, and ship the wrong thing — and what founders can do about it.
Duration
30-45 min + Q&A
Format
Live, interactive
Cost
Free
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What You'll Learn
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Only 31% of software projects succeed — Standish CHAOS data and why the 69% failure rate is baked into how most founders scope development work.
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42% of startups fail because they built something nobody wanted — CB Insights data and the one question most founders never ask before writing a line of code.
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The agency spec trap — why agencies execute specs perfectly while the actual problem goes unsolved, and how to prevent it.
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How to validate before you build — a 2-week validation sprint that costs less than a single engineering sprint and prevents the wrong product.
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The 3 things founders never specify — and why these three omissions alone cause 80% of launch failures.
SaaS founders & CEOs
Product managers
Startup CTOs & technical leads
Your Host
JM
Jake McMahon
Founder, ProductQuant
Product analytics and GTM specialist for B2B SaaS with deep experience in product development, build validation, and startup growth. Jake has worked with early-stage founders and scale-ups on avoiding the 31% success trap and building products that actually ship.
Event Details
Duration
30-45 min
Format
Live + Q&A
Seats
50
Cost
Free
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