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Two in-depth researches on YC and Shark Tank.

👋 Hey Failories! It's Nico over here.

I've been looking forward to publishing today's articles for a long time. Both of them are incredible readings and I'm sure you'll learn various things from each.

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Biggest Y Combinator Failed Startups

+400 YC-backed startups have closed their doors in the last 15 years. Here are some of their biggest failures, sorted by funding.
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The Biggest Shark Tank Failures

Shark Tank investors have committed mistakes, financing startups that later on closed and missing great investment opportunities. Here are their worst failures.

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I really hope you enjoy and find useful both of the articles. We put a ton of work behind each of them. If you have any feedback, it'd be super appreciated.

I don't really have any other news. I wanted to send Failory's September monthly report (traffic, newsletter growth, revenue and expenses) but I haven't had time to work on it yet so you'll have to wait until next week.

That's all. Have a great weekend!

- Nico

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From $20k/mo to 0 - How incorrect market focus killed Graphite Docs

Friday, October 2, 2020

2 interviews with startup founders. 👋 Hey Failories! It's Nico over here. Last week I didn't send any newsletter. For the last two weeks, I've been 24/7 studying for some mid-term exams.

Turning Pain into $5k/mo Revenues: Pathways’ story

Thursday, September 17, 2020

2 new interviews + eBook news 👋 Hey Failories! It's Nico over here. 2 weeks ago we started working on our first eBook. Today I have some exciting news ;) Based on the feedback I asked you some

Quitting a full-time job to start a $6M/year clothing brand

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+ the impact of SharkTank and Metta World Peace on their business. 👋 Hey Failories! It's Nico over here. It's been a crazy week with the launch of our first digital product on Tuesday. I'll

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Based on last week's survey, we've created our first digital product. 👋 Hey Failories! It's Nico over here, with some amazing news... We've just launched our first digital product!

Turning $8k into a $30k/mo drug and alcohol testing business

Friday, September 4, 2020

👋 Hey Failories! It's Nico over here. On Monday I sent an email asking you for feedback on Failory's new project, which consists of launching our first digital product. 93 people have replied

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