failed startups

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Jason Levin and

The New 101

101.xyz

sari

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.

Ness - Epilogue

nesswell.com

AAlara

note - shutting down

F'D Companies: Spectacular Dot-com Flameouts

Philip Kaplan • 2 highlights

amzn.to

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

Jason Levin

Rekt - Leaderboard

rekt.news

Jason Levin

on-demand childcare startup poppy shuts down

Avni Patel Thompson geekwire.com

sari

My Company Died—Learn From My Mistakes

Amanda Peyton every.to

sari

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

Web3 is Going Just Great

web3isgoinggreat.com

Jason Levin

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