Article 10TDK Flameouts of 7 promising startups

Flameouts of 7 promising startups

by
Mark Frauenfelder
from on (#10TDK)

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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.

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Boo.com

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Secret

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KaloBios

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