Bill Gross is a smart guy. Twenty years ago he started Idealab. They have started over 100 companies. They have had some successes and many failures.

Bill Gross loves startups. He believes the best ones can unlock human potential. Bill wanted to pin point what factors or factor accounts the most for a companies success or failure?

He took a quantitative approach to analyze some companies he has worked with, and others that he hadn't. He reviewed 100 Idealab companies and a 100 non Idealab companies.

Companies like Flooz, YouTube, Uber, Pets.com, Instagram, AirBNB, Kozmo, LinkedIn, Friendster and more.

He looked at a few factors that he deemed important to get to the one factor that accounts for a startups success.

His findings will surprise you. Click on the images hotspots below to figure it out:

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