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Sairaj Kadam

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The $100 Million Mistake No Entrepreneur Wants to Hear: Why Even Genius Ideas Fail Ever had a brilliant idea that just didnโ€™t take off? What if you poured everything into it and still, no one showed up? Thatโ€™s the brutal reality of business every single day. But no one talks about it. Dean Kamen. A genius who brought us the Stirling engine, the first variable insulin pump, water purifiers. Then he poured $100 million into the Segway Pt a self-balancing scooter meant to revolutionize urban transport. They projected 50,000 units per year. They barely sold 5,000. Why? Because the market didnโ€™t care. Why pay $5,000 for a Segway when you can simply walk or ride a bike for free? The product wasnโ€™t flawed The market simply didnโ€™t exist. Hereโ€™s the hard truth: Millions of businesses shut down not because they donโ€™t work, but because no one wants what theyโ€™re selling. Make $10M/year? You better have $1M in cash for when the storm hits. Your success equals demand. No demand equals no business. Thatโ€™s the Iron Law of the Market: Cold. Harsh. Unforgiving. Ignore it, and you risk losing $100 million too.

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