// UNICORNBURN · FAILURE INTELLIGENCE
Founder archetypes ranked by number of documented startup failures.
// THE INSIGHT
The Fast Follower appears in 110 documented failures — averaging 60 months before collapse. The Idealist archetype (106 startups) is the most common — good intentions don't survive bad unit economics.
| # | Name | Failures |
|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | The Fast Follower avg 60mo | 110 startups |
| 🥈 | The Idealist avg 133mo | 106 startups |
| 🥉 | The Cash Burner avg 85mo | 68 startups |
| #4 | The Timing Misfit avg 98mo | 60 startups |
| #5 | The Regulatory Victim avg 66mo | 48 startups |
| #6 | The Geographic Prisoner avg 52mo | 45 startups |
| #7 | The Hyper-Scaler avg 90mo | 41 startups |
| #8 | The Local Hero avg 60mo | 41 startups |
| #9 | The Scale Too Fast avg 100mo | 41 startups |
| #10 | The Fraud avg 89mo | 39 startups |
// RISK INTELLIGENCE
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