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January 15, 2016 11:12 am PST

Flameouts of 7 promising startups

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https://youtu.be/XLMKku4HbrY

This 8-minute video gives the rise-and-fall stories of powerful or promising online startups that went bust: Friendster (social network), AltaVista (search engine), Napster (file sharing), The Torquing Group (drone maker), boo.com (fashion shopping), Secret (social network app), and KaloBios (douchebro's pharmaceutical firm).

Here's what the front pages for these startups look like now:

Friendster (above)

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AltaVista

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Napster

The Torquing Group website (flyzano.com) doesn't load for me.

Screen Shot 2016-01-15 at 11.06.32 AM
Boo.com

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Secret

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KaloBios

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Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/fVQ22nA6-h4/flameouts-of-7-promising-start.html

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