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by ian0 2231 days ago
>> Eg: Why did Uber choose marketplace model instead of a fleet, how did zapier decide to pick a specific niche while starting off, etc

For this type of thing the easiest thing to do is look for interviews with the founders online, either in youtube or just old articles. You would be amazed at what you can find.

>> 1) Failure post mortem.

Not aware of any companies that do decent failure post mortem but you can find lots of startup failure post mortem on sites like this one[0].

[0] https://www.failory.com/interview-failure