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Interviews with Failed and Successful Startup Founders

Branch: $400k/mo selling furniture for startups

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Branch

February 19, 2020

Growing a SaaS-Related Paid Newsletter to $8k/mo in 4 Months

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Software & Hardware

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SoftwareIdeas

November 5, 2020

lemlist: Making $1,000,000 a year from a cold email SaaS

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Software & Hardware

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Guillaume Moubeche

From $20k/mo to 0 - How incorrect market focus killed the encrypted Google Doc alternative

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Software & Hardware

Bad Business Model

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Graphite Docs

October 1, 2020

Chowdy: Shutting Down a +$110,000/Month Food Startup

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Food & Beverage

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October 26, 2018

ToyGaroo: Burning $250K Building the Netflix for Toys

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Hand-Picked Articles

Business Ideas for Students

Business Ideas for Students: Best 36 + Tips for Each

It's 2021 and you still don't have a business, website, or side hustle? Here are 36 business ideas for students like you and some tips & resources for each.

Shark Tank Failures

September 2, 2021

Shark Tank: 7 Products that Failed & their 3 Biggest Misses

Shark Tank investors have backed companies that later failed and missed big opportunities. In this article, we analyze the 10 Shark Tank's biggest failures.

Business TV Shows

November 5, 2020

Business TV Shows: A List of 20 You CAN'T Miss

Here's a list of the best business shows for entrepreneurs, a description of each, and the places where you can watch them.

Naming A Startup

Naming a Startup: The Definitive Guide [2021 Update]

Naming a startup tends to be one of the most difficult decisions when starting. Here's our guide on how to choose a cool, memorable, and strong name.

Unlimited Design Services

Unlimited Design Services: The Best 15 in 2021 (+ Discounts)

What are unlimited design services, with who are they a great fit, some things you must consider, and reviews of the best 15 ones (+ discounts).

Pitch Deck Guide

Startup Pitch Decks: A Comprehensive Guide

Creating good pitch decks is by far not the hardest aspect of creating a successful startup, but doing it badly can result in a lot of lost opportunities.

(New) Collections

+350 Pitch Decks

+14,000 Startups

+500 Failed Startups

Top Startup Cemetery Posts

Koinex

Cryptocurrency exchange platform

Legal Challenges

Formspring

Encouraged people to get to know each other

Legal Challenges

Quibi

Short-form streaming platform

Multiple Reasons

Vine

Platform to share short looping video clips

Multiple Reasons

MySpace

Social network based on personal user pages

Multiple Reasons

Yik Yak

Anonymous location-based social network

Legal Challenges

Other Cemeteries

Google Cemetery

Amazon Cemetery

MUST Podcast Episodes

Buster Benson

Bootstrapping a B2C Startup to +$20k/Month with Buster Benson

Buster is the founder of 750 Words, a journaling tool making $20k/mo. Prior to this, he built and shut down Health Month, a VC-backed health-related startup.

Bram Kanstein

Becoming a Startup and No Code Expert, with Bram Kanstein of No Code MVP

Bram is the founder of No Code MVP, where he teaches how to validate startup ideas without coding. Before it, he founded and shut down an eticket marketplace.

Nat Eliason

From Failed ML Startup to a +$100k/Mo Content Agency, with Nat Eliason of Growth Machine

Nat is the founder of Growth Machine, an SEO & content marketing agency. Before this, he founded, raised $125k, and shut down Tailored Fit, an ML startup.

Bernard Huang

How +3 failures led to a $150k/month SaaS, with Bernard Huang of Clearscope

Bernard Huang was once an online professional poker player. He now runs a $150k/month SaaS, though he had to fail many times before to achieve it.

Ryan Hickman

From 50k Users in 6 Weeks to Shutting Down, with Ryan Hickman

Ryan Hickman co-founded MeVee, a video streaming platform that couldn't compete with Facebook Live and shut down. He is now successfully co-founding Epic AI.

Matt Giovanisci

17 Years of Online Ventures, with Matt Giovanisci of Swim University

Matt is the founder of Swim University, the biggest niche site around swimming pool and hot tub care. He also founded Spruce, a failed analytics SaaS.

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