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9 specific reasons my B2C AI startup didn't work (and 1 thing I'm angrier about than any of them)

by Valera Gurachek

https://open.substack.com/pub/gurachek/p/killing-preptotech?r=3oocf2&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Wrote this for myself first. Sharing here in case it's useful to someone walking into the same wall.

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 on May 13, 2026
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