[codex]

This could be more accurately titled, "why entrepreneurs thought they failed." Personally, I'm not sure failed entrepreneurs are qualified to make that diagnosis.

[jamesaguilar]

Seems unnecessarily cynical. For many categories of mistakes, it is not hard to see the mistake in hindsight.

[hayksaakian]

specifically relationships between founders and investors would only be known from the parties themselves.

an objective third party analysis miss personal problems between founders 1 and 2

[triplesec]

The entrepreneurs themselves may not be accurate in knowing why they failed, but there is learning to be had from hearing why they think they failed. Comparing these data with reasons from other sources would be even more interesting.