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Startups are a hype. Many founders copy-paste actions and processes without understanding why they're doing them in the first place. What's worse, many support networks like accelerators and events make founders do things that are irrelevant, or even outright detrimental, to a first-time entrepreneur. In this slide deck, I compare the startup world to the cargo cults of Western technology found among aboriginal tribes in the Melanesian islands in the 20th century. Demo days, lean approaches, MVP obsessions are all overrated and abused as cults for the lack of real milestones and goals for startups. Let's focus on what really makes startups successful instead of idolizing buzz words and work-like procrastination processes.Read less