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There are a lot of things to consider when building a new startup - where to get funding, how to validate your idea, and what features should the product have.
One of the challenges is finding a market that is willing to pay for your solution without even knowing what it is yet.
However, 90% of startups will fail and shut down.
In this article, you can find 11 failed Community startups as well as analyses on why they closed down.
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EventVue helped to improve the conference networking experience. They lacked product-market fit and failed to test early the usefulness of the product.
Details of the startup:
Founders:
Josh Fraser, Rob Johnson
Country:
United States
Industry:
Finances
Started in:
2007
Closed in:
2010
Nº of employees:
1-10
Funding Amount:
< $1M
Specific cause of failure:
Lack of PMF
You can read more about their failure here.
Formspring was an anonymous Q&A forum that grew to 1 million users in 2 months. This brought lots of cyberbullying on the site. They shut down after 4 years.
Details of the startup:
Founders:
Ade Olonoh, John Wechsler
Country:
United States
Industry:
Social Media
Started in:
2009
Closed in:
2013
Nº of employees:
10-50
Funding Amount:
$10M-$50M
Specific cause of failure:
Legal Challenges
You can read more about their failure here.
MySpace became the most popular social networking site before Facebook. After competing with them, they decided to repurpose it as a platform for artists.
Details of the startup:
Founders:
Aber Whitcomb, Brad Greenspan, Chris DeWolfe, Colin Digiaro, Josh Berman, Michael Addicott, Tom Anderson
Country:
United States
Industry:
Social Media
Started in:
2003
Closed in:
Active
Nº of employees:
250-500
Funding Amount:
$10M-$50M
Specific cause of failure:
Multiple Reasons
You can read more about their failure here.
What was Yik Yak? Why was it shut down? Are there any alternatives nowadays? Find the answers to these questions and more in this article.
Details of the startup:
Founders:
Brooks Buffington, Tyler Droll, Will Jamieson
Country:
United States
Industry:
Social Media
Started in:
2013
Closed in:
2017
Nº of employees:
10-50
Funding Amount:
> $50M
Specific cause of failure:
Legal Challenges
You can read more about their failure here.
While in university, Kaito started Community Coders, a business that connected companies looking for web development and digital marketing services with high school students. However, as the months went over, it became difficult to close deals and the startup began to lose its course until they shut down.
Details of the startup:
Founder:
Kaito Cunningham
Country:
Canada
Industry:
Education
Started in:
2018
Closed in:
2020
Funding Amount:
$0
Specific cause of failure:
Bad Management
You can read more about their failure here.
In 2011, Gabriel decided to build a Go Server that would launch new features every few weeks. He and his co-founder built and launched it in 2 months and in the following months, they raised $20,000 through a crowdfunding campaign. 1 year into running and they were shut down: product, engineering, and morale were the problems to blame.
Details of the startup:
Founder:
Gabriel Benmergui
Country:
Argentina
Industry:
Entertainment
Started in:
2011
Closed in:
2012
Funding Amount:
< $100K
Specific cause of failure:
Poor Product
You can read more about their failure here.
If you are interested in the no-code movement, you’ve probably heard Ben Tossell’s name. But today we’re not here to talk about Makerpad, one of the leading communities for no-coders, but about Ben’s previous project: NewCo. We want to know what went wrong, what were the lessons learned, and how it led to his success afterward.
Details of the startup:
Founder:
Ben Tossell
Country:
United Kingdom
Industry:
Education
Started in:
2018
Closed in:
2018
Funding Amount:
$0
Specific cause of failure:
Lack of Focus
You can read more about their failure here.
Onepagetrip was a travel itinerary sharing community. Not having a plan to make money from the beginning was a stupid rookie mistake.
Details of the startup:
Founder:
Ana Santos
Country:
Australia
Industry:
Travel
Started in:
2014
Closed in:
2015
Funding Amount:
$0
Specific cause of failure:
Bad Business Model
You can read more about their failure here.
Shanti is a 38-year-old software developer and entrepreneur who, using Ruby on Rails, built Phez, a Reddit clone that rewarded users with Bitcoin. After a few months, however, Phez failed due to its poor business model. If Shanti would have sold the BTC he used as rewards at BTC peak, he would have made $29,014!
Details of the startup:
Founder:
Shanti Braford
Country:
United States
Industry:
Social Media
Started in:
2015
Closed in:
2016
Funding Amount:
$0
Specific cause of failure:
Bad Business Model
You can read more about their failure here.
QuickHaggle was a community in which online users could exchange their skills. However, just like in old age, with the barter system, it became really difficult to find people who were looking for your service, and in exchange, could carry out what you needed. After some months, Bilal decided to shut it down.
Details of the startup:
Founder:
Bilal Ahmad
Country:
Pakistan
Industry:
Software & Hardware
Started in:
2010
Closed in:
2011
Funding Amount:
$0
Specific cause of failure:
Lack of Funds
You can read more about their failure here.
Fabian founded Young Entrepreneurs Program, a one-year educational program for entrepreneurs aged 17 to 23. After 2 years and 150,000€ spent, they had 30,000€ in ARR and had to shut down due to no product-market fit.
Details of the startup:
Founder:
Fabian Tausch
Country:
Germany
Industry:
Education
Started in:
2018
Closed in:
2020
Funding Amount:
$0
Specific cause of failure:
Bad Market Fit
You can read more about their failure here.
