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24 alternatives to The Final Days of a Failed Startup
http://lookingbackaretrospective.posterous.com I've posted this before while it was still in progress, but the final chapter has been added, and so I wanted to submit it one final time, for people to be able to read the work in it's entirety. This is the true story of one developers life while he worked for a start-up that never got more than a few feet off of the ground before a pitiful crash and burn. It spans nearly 4 years, and focuses mainly on the people and events that helped to define the work. It's very much a personal memoir, and not at all a dive into what kind of role our stack…
This is a personal memoir chronicling one developer's four-year experience working at a startup that ultimately failed. The account focuses on the people and events that shaped the work environment rather than… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Final Days of a Failed Startup launched in 2011; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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The complete book: A founder
Feb 2026 · derekyan.com · its alternatives →
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http://lookingbackaretrospective.posterous.com The ongoing true story of a startup destined for failure, as seen through the eyes of one developer. It's currently in reverse chronological order, so start at the bottom and work your way up, if you would. All questions, comments, and criticisms welcome
2011 · lookingbackaretrospective.posterous.com · its alternatives →
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Autopsy▲403A collection of post-mortems & lessons from failed startups
2015 · mawartoto.to · its alternatives →
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Candid talks with failed startup founders
2020 · failory.com · its alternatives →
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2013 · giveit100.com · its alternatives →
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I’m done. I’m bowing out of the startup rat race.
2017 · baremetrics.com · its alternatives →
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Startup Failures▲116Share your failures and learn from mistakes
2018 · seedproof.com · its alternatives →
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Learn from startup failures and successes in 5 min or less. The stories, frameworks, and tactics that will make you a 10x better founder.
2017 · failory.com · its alternatives →
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I made this for people like myself who keep a list of ideas for apps / startups. I also made it for people who are curious to see what projects others have "in their drawer"... and who may want to have a say in which idea should see the light of day. https://ideas.dynamate.io/ The site allows creators to anonymously showcase their idea: Title. Description text. Maybe some mockups... I've tried to make it so that it's quick and easy to just dump an idea in there that's been sitting on some list of yours for months - and hopefully get some feedback on it. If someone else on…
2022 · ideas.dynamate.io · its alternatives →
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This is not a binary “yes” or “no” answer.
2015 · thestartupchat.com · its alternatives →
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A startup tell-all from a 10-year serial entrepreneur
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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How we went from 0 launches in 5 years to 9 in the last 2
2016 · hitreply.co · its alternatives →
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Tiny Notes▲95My startup diary - fundraising, pivot, mockups, and beyond
2023 · t.me · its alternatives →
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How to bounce back BIG from any defeat
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Lessons to accelerate your learning.
2016 · drift.com · its alternatives →
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I made a few hundred million. I lost a few hundred million.
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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A dead end is not the end!
2016 · its alternatives →
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Talking about product/founder fit.
2016 · startupsfortherestofus.com · its alternatives →
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James Routledge's startup journey
2016 · wearelighthouse.com · its alternatives →
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How listening to your users shapes everything
2016 · acast.com · its alternatives →
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2012 · bvckup2.com · its alternatives →
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4 months ago sucked. Our technical co-founder quit after 6 months and we still had no product. My co-founder and I had been 'working' on our startup for 8 months. I say 'working' because as the "business people" - there wasn't a whole lot we could do except philosophize. We had gotten really awesome intros to some of the top VCs and entrepreneurs, but had nothing to show. And now we felt stranded. Had we wasted 8 months of our lives? Identity crisis? Check. So we did what any rational person would do - we ran to the mountains. Literally. In Boone, NC - we talked about why we started Knowit,…
2012 · knowitapp.com · its alternatives →
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