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Re: Failed Startup Post-Mortems

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Yeah, there are some suckers in this post who do nothing better than complain. Author did not copy anyone's content rather simply linked and compiled the list. By that logic you should also complain about Google because all they do is show results for query and link to other people's content. Does anyone have link to cached version ?

I grabbed the epub — http://d.pr/f/pJqJ

You sir, are a gentleman and a scholar. Good reading!

Re: Failed Startup Post-Mortems

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We use an ESP to send the emails and sometimes, the PDF goes instantly and sometimes upto an hour. If you didn't receive for some reason, feel free to ping me directly. Email in profile.

It doesn't get that far. I type in my email, press the button and "Please enter a valid email address." appears. Not sure why I've been downvoted for the previous comment, your validator really is broken. 6 alpha chars @ gmail.com, on Firefox and Chrome on OS X 10.9.5. Really should work; doesn't. Console shows that you're passing an empty string to getElementById at some point.

http://d.pr/f/pJqJ

Re: Failed Startup Post-Mortems

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Pud - bring back FuckedCompany. Based on all of our data, it's about that time.

People ask me all the time to bring it back. Was fun when it was happening and I tried to be funny and good-spirited, but now I have more of an appreciation for entrepreneurs and how hard it is to build a business... so I won't bring it back. Also won't bring it back because of onwards and upwards.. and so on. Thanks for asking though :) Still makes me happy when people tell me they like my work.

I want to shake your hand and buy you a drink. Long live FC.

Re: Failed Startup Post-Mortems

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Yeah, there are some suckers in this post who do nothing better than complain. Author did not copy anyone's content rather simply linked and compiled the list. By that logic you should also complain about Google because all they do is show results for query and link to other people's content. Does anyone have link to cached version ?

Presumably I'm one of the 'suckers' you refer to. Author copied everybody's content verbatim without obtaining permission first, what you are saying is simply not true. I think this is a very worthwhile project but that doesn't mean the author should trample over other people's rights. So no, your 'logic' does not hold up for google because they LINK to the content rather than that they copy it and display it in thei…

Sorry .. I should not have phrased it that way. I apologize. I will try to be more constructive in my comments.

Re: Failed Startup Post-Mortems

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Here's a book I wrote that covers 150 failed internet startups from the late 90's. http://amazon.com/FD-Companies-Spectacular-Dot-com-Flameouts... I think many of them could be successful if relaunched today.

I worked for Efront back in the 90's. You covered them on your site pretty well. I am trying to forget that memory.
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