Failure Questions

Investor are in it for one thing, profit. That's okay if both the founders and the investors profit. What do you do when the "Angels" who have been funding your work kick out the founders and the...

Funding Finance Angel Failure

asked Jul 22 '11 at 06:38

Busted Flatt
16 points

I'm in the frustrating position of looking for a job after spending two years building a start-up that has faced terminal challenges. My problem is that my start-up had little to do with my prior...

Jobs Failure

asked Jun 24 '11 at 03:13

Howard
56 points

The software and Internet startup companies I've worked for required 60, 80, or more hours a week of their employees (not just founders), for extended periods of time, up to a year. Are there...

Work Life Success Employees Founders Failure

asked Jun 10 '11 at 08:19

Meva
26 points

I'm following on this question regarding my start-up experience in my resume. Over a year ago I quit my consulting job to start-up a service company, and after 13 months we (my partners and...

Interviews Failure

asked Apr 27 '11 at 09:37

Saitam
36 points

What happens if a startup fails in California and has VC funding? I read in a previous question that companies incorporated in New York State, employee payroll liabilities of the business extend...

California Failure

asked Apr 13 '10 at 15:03

Vnchopra
418 points

I would like to hear the stories of startups that created a software product of any category that didn't take off for the simple reason that no one wanted it. One of the examples could be Microsoft...

Failure

asked Mar 6 '10 at 06:24

Alex Radzie
40 points

I have a friend who is contemplating shutting his start-up down. Because he has more liabilities on the books than assets he would have to file for some form of bankruptcy (I think). My question is...

Failure Bankrupcy

asked Jan 28 '10 at 09:57

Tommy Maddox
156 points

It seems like there isn't very much information on the web about wind-down processes in a start-up, largely because probably don't want to admit publicly when their company didn't pan out. However,...

Failure

asked Jan 12 '10 at 08:19

Tommy Maddox
156 points

Most bloggers are saying you should release early, iterate often, and fail fast. But some companies are notorious for releasing early, but then getting a bad reputation which led to their failure....

Getting Started Features Failure Release

asked Dec 19 '09 at 05:41

Jason
16,231 points

When we think about startups we always think about the success stories like Google, Twitter, and YouTube. You never hear about failed startups unless there was some sort of high profile founder or...

Failure

asked Nov 15 '09 at 04:38

Joe A
1,196 points