https://techcrunch.com/2021/08/06/extra-crunch-roundup-build-a-founding-team-choose-a-vc-and-recruit-your-board/ > Assembling a startup team is harder than assembling 10 IKEA dressers, and the stakes are much, much higher. > Starting with the assumption that 90% of startups will fail and the most successful ones take an average of six years to IPO, founders must make careful decisions about whom they invite to join the core team.