Q1: Pick 5 different companies that have financial metrics and milestones that were not met that led to their failure from this list of companies that are no longer operating. https://www.cbinsights.com/blog/startup-failure-post-mortem/ ). For each company identify the main entrepreneur and their background, the problem they were solving/product they were offering, funding they had received including the source, financial and non-financial metrics and milestones that were explicit and any information about what the entrepreneur blames the failure on.

Q2: Based on your reading of these failures (and any other readings), provide your insight into the role of milestones in the success and failure of startups.