Team
Research, review, and practical startup support.
Born from doctoral research and built for practical use.
The model grew from research examining how startup failure narratives align with measurable financial and operating signals. It is informed by a research corpus covering 700 startup histories.
Team
Robert Hegarty
Founder & Research Lead
As the founder and former CEO of sports technology startup Sport Vote, Robert understands the pressures, uncertainties and evidence gaps founders face when building an early-stage venture. At Pre-Mortem Insights, he leads the research framework and diagnostic methodology, transforming lessons from past startup failures into structured, practical insights for founders and accelerator programmes.
René Jairath
Strategy & Consulting Lead
René brings extensive international consulting experience in strategy, digital transformation, data governance and change management. Drawing on a career spanning scientific research, education and senior consulting roles at KPMG and IQVIA, he helps translate complex evidence into clear, practical business action. At Pre-Mortem Insights, René supports diagnostic review, client engagement and the development of recommendations that founders and programme leaders can confidently act upon.
Danielle C.
Operations & Client Experience Lead
Danielle brings more than a decade of experience in education, programme coordination and stakeholder support in South Korea. Her work spans recruitment, documentation, training, resource development and the coordination of services across a provincial education system. With master’s degrees in Psychology and Education, Danielle combines strong organisational skills with a thoughtful, people-centred approach. At Pre-Mortem Insights, she oversees client onboarding, workflow coordination and documentation, helping ensure that each diagnostic progresses smoothly from initial assessment through to final report delivery.
Additional decision support—not a prediction, failure score, or substitute for professional advice.