Exec In their own words 2016
Filed under
Pivot / focus
Changed direction, and then changed again.
7 accounts, each written or told by the founder it happened to, filed here because that is what they said it was about.
Zaplib In their own words
Zaplib post-mortem
Supermaven In their own words
Sunsetting Supermaven
We will provide free autocomplete inference for existing customers for the foreseeable future.
Inovvorx Interview India
How lack of focus meant $400k burnt and InoVVorX’s shut down
InoVVorX was an app development company. They made $300k from their services, and raised $100k. But they began building their projects and ran out of
CodeParrot In their own words 2025 India
We're shutting down CodeParrot
We spent the next year stuck in pivot hell, searching for what our company really wanted to be.
GrowthClub In their own words 2022
My startup died due to hesitation
I have spent a year like that going back and forth. Growth stalled, and I was getting demotivated. I was pushing hard but pushing everywhere, in all directions.
Laska In their own words
Goodbye. It's been quite a ride.
But then I started to realize that instead of focusing my efforts on one thing, I've been spreading my efforts on both platforms and creating two half-assed products as a result.