Company Forensics

What it does

In Company Forensics we tear down the stories of the biggest mistakes companies have made, and how it drove them to pivot or to fail. We also host a podcast where we hear the stories from the founders themselves.

A bi-weekly digest of the most important startup news.

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  Company Forensics2020 · slidebean.com · ▲7

  Learn from the mistakes of VC-funded startups

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  The Failory Podcast2020 · failory.com · ▲199

  Candid talks with failed startup founders

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  Autopsy2015 · mawartoto.to · ▲403

  A collection of post-mortems & lessons from failed startups

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  Startup Failures2018 · seedproof.com · ▲116

  Share your failures and learn from mistakes

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  From Startups For Startups2017 · ▲393

  50+ Hours of curated Interviews & podcasts

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  Venture Stories2017 · villageglobal.com · ▲249

  A new podcast taking you inside the world of venture capital

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  Life & fun · 14d ago · bigwords.page

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  Life & fun · 8d ago · guitoro.com

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  See *almost* any carriers phone settings▲432

  Carrier settings from iPhone, Pixel and Galaxy firmware, decoded and compared: APNs, VoLTE, 5G and Wi-Fi Calling per carrier, and what each build changed.

  Life & fun · 12d ago · carrierexplode.com

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  Life & fun · 22d ago · space.bl2.net

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  Dev tools · 2020 · workos.com

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  Work · 2020 · perplexity.ai

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  PFPMaker▲1,027

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  Growth · 2020 · pfpmaker.com

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  Dev tools · 2020 · chromewebstore.google.com

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  Work · 2020 · notion.so

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  Life & fun · 2020 · spacehey.com