// UNICORNBURN · FAILURE INTELLIGENCE
Founder archetypes ranked by average Hall of Flame score across all documented startup autopsies.
// THE INSIGHT
The Single Point of Failure scores 88% flame across 5 cases. The Idealist archetype (83 startups, 78% flame) is the most numerically significant — good intentions don't survive bad unit economics.
| # | Name | Avg. flame score |
|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | The Single Point of Failure 5 startups | 88% |
| 🥈 | The Security Failure 5 startups | 86% |
| 🥉 | The Fraudster 6 startups | 84% |
| #4 | The Fraud 37 startups | 82% |
| #5 | The Overcapper 16 startups | 82% |
| #6 | The Chaos Founder 10 startups | 81% |
| #7 | The Idealist 83 startups | 78% |
| #8 | The Hyper-Scaler 41 startups | 75% |
| #9 | The Hustler 6 startups | 73% |
| #10 | The Overleveraged 6 startups | 72% |