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Matthew founded Adproval, a marketplace to connect blogging and social media influencers with brands. Raised around $300k in funds and made $200/mo from their self-service software for bloggers. In the end, they made over $200k in revenue from consulting services but it wasn't enough.
Details of the startup:
Founder:
Matthew Anderson
Country:
United States
Industry:
Marketing
Started in:
2011
Closed in:
2017
Funding Amount:
$100K-$500K
Specific cause of failure:
Bad Business Model
You can read more about their failure here.
Kyril is the founder of DotaHaven, a gaming content site that’s currently passing away. The website had early success, raising $90k, growing from 0 to 500k page views/mo in 6 months and making $3.5/mo at its peak. However, in the last months, the business has struggled to make enough money to keep running; over-investment in a non-validated concept is one of the reasons for their failure.
Details of the startup:
Founder:
Kyril Kotashev
Country:
Bulgaria
Industry:
Entertainment
Started in:
2018
Closed in:
2020
Funding Amount:
< $100K
Specific cause of failure:
Bad Market Fit
You can read more about their failure here.
Gameslog was a gaming site monetized with affiliate marketing. But the site never took off, as the market was already saturated.
Details of the startup:
Founder:
Michael Hebenstreit
Country:
Germany
Industry:
Entertainment
Started in:
2013
Closed in:
2014
Funding Amount:
$0
Specific cause of failure:
Competition
You can read more about their failure here.
The Blogging Manifesto was a blog to help readers with their blogging problems. The lack of passion resulted to be a big problem.
Details of the startup:
Founder:
Ryan Biddulph
Country:
United States
Industry:
Education
Started in:
2015
Closed in:
2016
Funding Amount:
$0
Specific cause of failure:
Lack of Focus
You can read more about their failure here.
Waterproof Digital Camera was a blog earning $250/month. Primoz started to look for faster results and carried out Black Hat SEO strategies. It was the failure of his business.
Details of the startup:
Founder:
Primoz Cigler
Country:
Slovenia
Industry:
Software & Hardware
Started in:
2011
Closed in:
2013
Funding Amount:
$0
Specific cause of failure:
Bad Marketing
You can read more about their failure here.
