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YouCastr Post-Mortem and Listing for Sale on Flippa

32 pointsby arieldiazalmost 15 years ago

4 comments

jbyersalmost 15 years ago
tl;dr? Go back and read it. This is a smart, honest, and detailed look at startup failure. It's also very well cross-referenced with valuable articles for founders.
arieldiazalmost 15 years ago
mikeryan - good point, as I pointed out myself, I started this without loving the space (which implies that I didn't have the domain expertise I should have), but we started all the same. I agree many issues can be solved by having better domain "understanding" but if we wait for domain "experience" nothing innovative will happen. Nobody had domain "experience" when Netscape was building their first browser.
mikeryanalmost 15 years ago
So just out of curiosity did you guys have relevant domain experience before this?<p>It seems like a few of your issues stemmed from not understanding the target market (both from a product and customer standpoint). I see this quite a bit it seems in start ups that don't succeed. (I see this real lot w/r/t video content)
jaf12dukealmost 15 years ago
Thanks for the post Ariel. You guys gave it a great shot--