// UNICORNBURN · FAILURE INTELLIGENCE
Founder archetypes ranked by number of documented startup failures.
// THE INSIGHT
The Idealist appears in 139 documented failures — averaging 122 months before collapse. The Idealist archetype (139 startups) is the most common — good intentions don't survive bad unit economics.
| # | Name | Failures |
|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | The Idealist avg 122mo | 139 startups |
| 🥈 | The Fast Follower avg 61mo | 119 startups |
| 🥉 | The Cash Burner avg 81mo | 70 startups |
| #4 | The Regulatory Victim avg 64mo | 55 startups |
| #5 | The Timing Misfit avg 94mo | 52 startups |
| #6 | The Geographic Prisoner avg 52mo | 51 startups |
| #7 | The Hyper-Scaler avg 93mo | 48 startups |
| #8 | The Scale Too Fast avg 92mo | 44 startups |
| #9 | The Local Hero avg 59mo | 42 startups |
| #10 | The Undercapitalized avg 54mo | 40 startups |
// RISK INTELLIGENCE
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