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> handful has been acquired, most are independent.

"Of the fifty companies named, 21 are independent, 19 were acquired, four pivoted, and six are dead."

What I learned from this list is that Louis Gray is pretty good at picking promising companies.

Sounds good enough to me. +1.

I agree, seriously impressive with only 6 companies dead after 4 years. Especially with the ones later in the list -- the big ones naturally would die slowly even if they do.

popular startups don't have a high percentage of dying.