Startup Cemetery
A big resource for entrepreneurs and startup owners, in which we have collected and analyzed why +100 big companies have failed. Learn from mistakes, and avoid being part of the 90% of businesses that fail.
Grooveshark
Web-based on-demand music application
Grooveshark was the product of two young entrepreneurs. Grooveshark was a very popular streaming platform for music that was initially web-based and also had an app version for a period of time.
Grooveshark technology was worth of being admired, especially considering that it was an underfunded venture built by two college students who were learning about business as they went.
Grooveshark major weakness was that it illegally streamed music. The company was sued by multiple record labels and the app was subsequently banned from mobile marketplaces. The company shut down in April 2015 and the platform founder was found dead in his room a couple of months later.
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Friendster
Social gaming site focused on entertainment
Koinex
Cryptocurrency exchange platform
Dopplr
Social travel network service
Juicero
First home cold-pressed juicing system
37Coins
Startup that developed Bitcoin technologies
Rafter
Textbook and course material provider for schools
