The Dangerous Myth of Startup Overnight Success

Whether it’s an IPO or just a seed round, nothing happens as quickly as it seems

Joe Procopio
5 min readOct 7, 2021

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If you follow stories about startups, it's not hard to come away with the impression that a fair number of these new companies go from idea to multi-million dollar funding rounds in a matter of months or even weeks.

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Joe Procopio

Multi-exit, multi-failure entrepreneur. NLG pioneer & eService expert. Building TeachingStartup.com & GetSpiffy.com. Uncommon founder. More at joeprocopio.com