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New venture owners almost always cite a shortage of cash as the reason for failure, but if you look deeper, I believe the reason is more often about dysfunctional people and leadership. Sometimes it comes right back to the owner, in terms of a malaise often called "founder's syndrome." A few years ago, I was intimately involved with a promising new business that taught me about this issue.