The Founder’s Playbook: How Startups Survive (and Thrive) in 2025
The Startup Scenario 2025 prioritized focus, capital efficiency and domain expertise. While headline mega-rounds (often involving AI infrastructure or model builders) capture attention, the most successful early-stage teams scale by building narrow, defensive vertical products – vertical SaaS, climate tech hard-tech, and industry-specific AI assistants. Global ecosystem reports show that new regional hubs are gaining…