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January 15, 2016 11:12 am PST
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/fVQ22nA6-h4/flameouts-of-7-promising-start.html
Flameouts of 7 promising startups
https://youtu.be/XLMKku4HbrYThis 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)
AltaVista
Napster
The Torquing Group website (flyzano.com) doesn't load for me.
Boo.com
Secret
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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