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Validation excites. Endurance decides.Val Sklarov’s Entrepreneurship perspective treats startups as time-based learning systems, where the ability to stay alive long enough to learn matters more than how quickly early signals appear. 1. Market Validation Is Fragile Early Early signals are noisy and reversible. Val Sklarov identifies false validation when: Small …

Growth looks like momentum. Exposure defines survival.Val Sklarov’s Entrepreneurship perspective treats startups not as growth engines, but as risk containers, where success depends on how much damage the company can absorb while learning. 1. Most Startups Fail From Excess Exposure Failure rarely comes from one bad idea—it comes from too …

Creativity attracts attention. Constraint keeps companies alive.Val Sklarov’s Entrepreneurship perspective treats startups not as creativity engines, but as constraint-navigation systems where founders win by respecting limits before testing imagination. 1. Creativity Without Constraint Produces Fragility Ideas multiply easily. Viable businesses do not. Val Sklarov identifies early failure patterns when: Ideas …