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So very sorry to hear about this. In the next few months, if you can muster up the energy (and desire) I think the community would love to hear a post-mortem and/or some thoughts about how you could have pivoted into a successful business model. Keep your head up, the experienced gained is invaluable!
But after following Chad (and also Paul) with their ventures (even though I don't know them personally) and I just feel like this is one example where it is true: Yes, it didn't work out, yes, a lot of money was invested and not earned back.But ultimately a lot was learned and Chad has shown his development skills and ability to ship something. The business model was not perfect, maybe the market was non-existant. But the way they have run this project and the way they are handling it now gives them more credibility than trying to hide a stagnant startup.
This is very sad indeed. It would be really interesting if you could share more of your experiences as a startup founder and some feedback to upcoming founders regarding how your startup ended up this way. We are embarking on this adventure ourselves, and right now our biggest disadvantage is experience in the startup arena. We work hard, we are passionate and we have great ideas... just like you. But I believe that…
You may have already seen these, but here are two: - http://blog.jazzychad.net/2011/05/02/startups-are-hard.html - http://blog.jazzychad.net/2011/08/31/applying-to-yc-as-a-sin... I have a couple more that are written, but now is not the time to post them.
Whenever you feel is right, share your thoughts. :D
I read the title as a basketball metaphor, not baseball, and it still worked. The power of sports metaphors.
Kudos for having the gumption to write this all down. Best of luck at Twilio. They're lucky to have landed you.
Also, I had no idea Paul Stamatiou left to join Picplum. How often do YC alums jump from a still running startup to another? Is it common?
Whatever the exact reasons for this unfortunate event are, maybe a second founder could have helped averting this.
Chad, did you try to position company for a talent acquisition? Can you lend insight into why this was not a good exit option for Notifo?
The idea (of a central event feed) still stands, but as with any general idea there is a considerable amount of luck involved with acquiring the critical mass that leads to the exponent.
There were certainly many factors that I don't know about at play here, but it makes me wonder if there's more truth to all that talk about single founder startups than I thought. Whatever the exact reasons for this unfortunate event are, maybe a second founder could have helped averting this.