Pitts: Startups Fail From Poor Fit or Conflict, Not Ad Changes
Christy Pitts · #109 Modern Picnic: Surviving the Adpocalypse · Mar 4, 2025 · at 33:28
Christy Pitts, General Partner at Backstage Capital, explains why platform shifts like changes to Facebook ads rarely drive core startup failure.
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“Startups usually fail for other reasons, like maybe they don't find product market fit, or they have personnel issues, like conflict with their co-founder.”
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