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Built it, and found the demand was not there.
24 accounts, each written or told by the founder it happened to, filed here because that is what they said it was about.
Pagedraw In their own words
Design your web UI, then use the design directly from code. No more time wasted translating mockups to JSX and CSS. Using Pagedraw is like adding another React developer to your team.
Veniqa In their own words
Veniqa - Open-source E-commerce Solution. Built using MEVN Stack (Node.js, Express.js, Vue.js, MongoDB) and more. 100% Code Customizable.
Slight In their own words
My best guesses as to why our early stage data startup failed. This isn’t a retrospective, but something closer to advice for past me. Or maybe just exorcism.
Marginalia In their own words
My side-business Marginalia has not done well so I decided to put it out to pasture.
Beautiful Savings In their own words
Secure the right domain name for your business or website today. Custom tailored payment plans available to fit any budget.
Storylog In their own words
Share a story that could only come from you. A spiritual experience, unexplained mystery, or an unlikely series of coincidences.
Subimage In their own words 2013
FrontRow In their own words 2023 India
A hobby-learning platform teaching skills from celebrities and experts, backed by Lightspeed.
SchoolGennie In their own words 2015 India
School management software for Indian schools.
Jobridge Interview India
Jasmeet built a job board with a unique offline-online model. But their idea was too ahead of time and, due to a bad business model, they had to shut
Bansho In their own words
What running and shutting down an ed-tech startup taught me about founding the next one.
Vijay Rathee In their own words 2016 India
We completely forget the first and most important rule of business: PAYING CUSTOMER
Jobbertunity In their own words 2014
We built Jobbertunity, a website that helps students organize their job search online – think of it as a CRM tool for job seekers.
NextPlay In their own words 2019
We weren't seeing our revenue scale. Most companies weren't yet willing to pay good money for employee mentorship.
Anar In their own words 2023 India
Despite our success with sellers, we couldn't create equivalent value for buyers, leaving a crucial part of our mission unfulfilled.
Greenikk In their own words 2024 India
Our decision is driven by several key factors, the most significant being that the current model of Greenikk does not support the level of wealth creation we initially envisioned.
Krumzi In their own words 2023
During the 6 months that it was running, the platform had ~1200 accounts and pretty big interest from job seekers, but unfortunately, it made 0 sales.
Realty Voice In their own words
It never got the traction needed to become sustainable. I was never able to figure out the correct product/market fit.
DecisionBee In their own words
The main lesson is that I've been building something that address a problem that isn't important for my target customers.
Shoppe In their own words
The product lost product market fit, we couldn't find a buyer, and the niche has moved a lot in the last 3.5 years.
WP Lookout In their own words
The announcement post summarizes my reasoning, basically that it's not providing enough value to enough people to justify the (relatively small but non-zero) time and expense involved.
FounderHire In their own words
Companies hire skills, not mindsets - and being entrepreneurial is a mindset.
Manuel S In their own words 2022
Since nobody was using my app afterward, I buried it one year later.
Likewise In their own words 2021
The problem was that I didn't start with solving a problem for my target audience, but that I started building my product first and only then looked for an audience to market it to.
