failed startups

to learn from failures

Jason Levin and

To Let A Good Thing Die - Closing down a company

Leah Tharin open.substack.com

AAlara

No amount of Gross Margin will keep a business running once the fire is out.

on-demand childcare startup poppy shuts down

Avni Patel Thompson geekwire.com

sari

Ness - Epilogue

nesswell.com

AAlara

note - shutting down

Wow design platform Invision is shutting down at the end of this year. The company had >$100M in ARR as recently as 3 years ago

Tanay Jaipuria x.com

andrea

From @MorningBrew: "e-scooter company Bird, which became the fastest startup ever to land a $1 billion valuation, was delisted from the NYSE and is now worth $7 million. That’s less than a third of the $22 million its founder paid for a Miami mansion in 2021."

Tom Shea x.com

aandrea

something is deeply flawed

F'D Companies: Spectacular Dot-com Flameouts

Philip Kaplan • 2 highlights

amzn.to

Cover of F'D Companies: Spectacular Dot-com Flameouts

Jason Levin

On the importance of a focused ICP: "We allowed our ICP to fray, replaced by a focus on a competitor. In our fight to prove that we could win against Alteryx, we over-rotated on any customer that might be interested in switching or considering alternatives. While being responsive to customers sounds good, being responsive to any customer creates a... See more

Lenny Rachitsky • Tweet

sari

My first company @twitch sold for a billion dollars. My second one lost $75 million in 36 months. People love talking about success, but today I'm going to talk about failure. It's time to be honest about Atrium:

Justin Kan

twitter.com

sari

Looking Back On Helm

giri.co

andrea