Why my YCombinator company failed
Hi Indie Hackers Fam!
I launched a podcast called “Lessons from a failed startup” which focuses on the experiences of YC founders (and others) who have since shut down their companies. The goal is to help reduce some of the survivorship bias out there and help prospective founders learn from the experiences of those who have tried and had to shut down for one reason or the other.
You can find it here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1426819
I believe there is so much to learn from the experiences of founders and companies who had to shut down their companies and I would love to learn from and share those experiences with the larger community. Talking about failures can be a scary thing to do, but those experiences could be really valuable to someone else. My number one goal is to educate others and tap into knowledge that is not frequently tapped into.
Hoping some of you benefit from the content.
I would love any feedback you have 🙇
Nice!
I built https://versoly.com/founder-bingo because I saw so many of the same mistake from IHs and VC backed companies.
That’s hilarious
This is great ! Thanks for the effort
Yes! Been thinking about this idea a lot lately, looking forward to listening. Thanks!
Looking forward to listening to the episodes. As one who has tried my hands at a number of startup ideas - none successful yet :), I think this would be quite beneficial.
Great initiative
I really love the idea of this, after listening to the episode I have some feedback I'd love to share privately - do you have an email I can reach you at?
Absolutely! I welcome all feedback. perryogw@gmail.com
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Similar vibes over at The Art of the Fail 🎙️
Good stuff! I love hearing stories like this.. I find they reveal the most value
This is amazing! I literally shut down my startup a month ago after going through HAX which is like YC but for hardware haha.
A really nice project! It would be awesome if you could include a written summary of the podcast episodes for those of us who have less time, but I can understand if that goes against what you have in mind. Keep it up!
Great suggestion @nearmint! I have plans to do some version of this, so i'll try to work on it. I appreciate the suggestions.
Love podcasts and blogs that talk about failures. It’s so important to the mental health of founders to know that other people fail, too.
My experience was recently featured in Failory.
I'm not a YC founder but got funding from another famous incubator and we also failed, happy to share my lessons.
Absolutely. I'll be in touch