Draft version: 11 July 2026 · Not approved for commercial reliance
Decision support, not prediction
Pre-Mortem Insights does not predict whether a startup will fail or survive and does not calculate a probability of failure. Current concern is based on present operating evidence, founder responses, documents, and reviewer interpretation. Historical comparisons provide context only.
Historical-reference boundary
The historical reference set contains organisations that experienced validated failure pathways and has no representative comparison group of surviving or successful startups. Similarity does not estimate failure probability, establish causation, or show that the same characteristics are absent from surviving ventures.
No guarantee
A finding, recommendation, or intervention cannot guarantee an outcome or prevent failure. Startup outcomes depend on many changing factors that may be outside the evidence, historical data, reviewer knowledge, or founder control.
Not professional advice
The service is not investment, financial, accounting, tax, legal, employment, cybersecurity, medical, or other regulated professional advice. Users should consult appropriately qualified advisers before decisions requiring such advice.
Evidence and uncertainty
Results are limited by the completeness, accuracy, timing, and interpretation of supplied information. Missing evidence is not evidence of safety. Historical comparisons may be unavailable, broadened, or unsuitable, and past patterns do not determine future outcomes.
Human review
The diagnostic uses structured mappings, calculations, contextual benchmarks, templates, and reviewer judgement. Every released report requires human review and senior approval. A report may contain opinions and reasonable interpretations rather than verified statements of fact.
Use of reports
Reports should be read in full, including current concern, evidence confidence, historical-pattern relevance, limitations, and evidence-quality statements. Extracting a status or recommendation without context may be misleading. Any authorised sharing remains subject to the final terms and engagement agreement.