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Why Most Startups Die in Setup Hell — And How to Escape in 48 Hours

Most founders spend the first 30–60 days not building product, but duct-taping dashboards. Here's why that kills momentum — and how we fixed it.

By John CoatesPublished on 2 November 20251.6K views1.2K shares

Startups don’t fail because the idea is bad. They fail because the stack is broken.

M365. HubSpot. Trello. Xero. Slack. SharePoint. Vanta. Apollo Secure.

Founders burn weeks setting these up, connecting them, and hoping it all talks. Most give up — or cut corners.

We call it setup hell. And it’s why we built Ethiks360 — to eliminate it.

Ethiks360 provisions your tools — fast. Fully integrated. With EntraID SSO, Vanta hooks, and dashboards live.

No config. No consultants. No spinning your wheels.

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Luci Avetisyan

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