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Lessons From A Failed Startup

Hosted by Perry Ogwuche

Startup Fundamentals

Perry Ogwuche who was previously a YC founder talks to other founders from the YC community and beyond with inactive companies to learn from their stories and unique experiences with running a business that they eventually had to shut down. Lessons from a failed startup podcast focuses on the stories of entrepreneurs who have started businesses that are among the 95% of businesses that don’t quite make it to the finish line.

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Having a great idea and $1million and still needing to shut down. Discussing founder market fit w/Pranshu of Prayas

Lessons From A Failed Startup

2400Dec 8, 2020

Pranshu, co-founder of Prayas Analytics- the google analytics for retail stores talks about the importance of founder market fit. He discusses his experience with shutting down Prayas after not being able to get any "real" customers even though they had money in the bank. Discusses how it was for him to get back out there after shutting down his company. You can connect with Pranshu on Twitter: @pranshu_m

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MoveLoot raised $22m & shut down 3 years later. Here's the story w/co-founder Shruti Shah

Lessons From A Failed Startup

2926Nov 17, 2020

MoveLoot was an online market place to buy and sell used furniture. They were part of YCombinator's winter 2014 batch. MoveLoot experienced a lot of growth and expanded to multiple cities including NY and LA. They raised multiple rounds of funding summing up to $22m, but ultimately the company had to shut down. Perry dives deep to learn what happened from co-founder Shruti Shah and draw out lessons learned.

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