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Closed Club — Browse shut-down start-ups & learn why they closed down
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@rrhoover Agreed. The founders sent me a tweet a couple of days ago and some of the things you mentioned were reasons why I hadn't posted it. Some people think discussion about "failure" is overrated, but I think it's often as valuable and even a bit more possible to identify why something failed than it is to figure out exactly why something succeeded. Interested to see where they take it.
@rrhoover I agree with this. I thought it would've been interviews with the founders of these startups with sort of an in-depth never before told story of why they shut down.
If possible, maybe that's the way they should try to get future content on their site.
@rrhoover what we aim to do is to make this not only a place to share products that have closed down but a learning and idea brainstorming resource for entrepreneurs.
Obviously the end goal is to get detailed information direct from founders, but to start off with the content is both contributed by contributors and also founders.
With the twitter logins, I know where you are coming from. We will losen this up a little sorry for that
@acondurache totally fine, Andrew! Side note: I love seeing makers open to feedback and make changes based on the discussion here. Hopefully it helps. :)
Was literally just thinking of this the past couple days and how I wanted to interview founders of closed-down startups. Really looking forward to seeing where this goes.
Hey everyone, I am behind this product, please feel free to ask me any questions!
The direction we are taking this is to have content both directly contributed by the founder/maker but also by the community. Any user can actually add content relevant to a product that has been closed off.
Obviously having detailed content from each founder is the goal, but to start off each product can be added by any person and then if new content is added to a trending product it will be pushed back up into the main trending stream if it was initially trending.
Getting founders to open up about products that have closed off is definitely valuable to any one else wanting to learn from past attempts to solve a specific problem which can be ultimately used as a learning resource or as a way to brainstorm new product ideas
Please feel free to ask me any questions :)
Anyone who has worked on a product that was eventually shut down and wants to share their learnings and reason for closure with more in depth insight please tweet us @closed_club for a one-to-one skype interview
All that I see is a Product Hunt central platform used for Closed Startups that could use some design refinement.
Great idea!
"Knowing why things fail is just as important as why things succeed."
I'm sure there are analytics that could be run for business data patterns that could help identify why products closed down instead of sustaining or growing.
@raj_ventures that is something we are looking into, obviously that sort of information would require more in depth data and at this point the content is brief and concise however each product page is actually constantly being updated so the content is kept up to date and as informative as possible
First, thanks for loosening up the login; I prefer to see enough so that I can determine how much of my info I want to share.
Second, I love this idea. Every time I have a success, I feel a (temporary) sense of relief. When I fail, though, I choose to try to learn from the experience.
Third, I think most people love a story. Closed Club could be valuable to many if those who were part of the startup participated.
Fourth, I don't need for the closed/shut down startup to be well known. And I wonder whether founders of lesser known startups might be even more willing to participate than the more well known.
All the best.
@sandracarden I definitely agree, some of the best lessons are learned the hard way and sharing this is a great way to help others gain insight into your own trial and errors.
Especially if the product that was closed is in the same space or market you are working in, this can be really valuable if you are trying to solve a specific problem already attempted, we are working on the ability to categorize the content as much as possible to allow people to possibly search by specific market or problem
Looks like you're right @mirativity and @bustosjp. Really a shame that this website is no longer live! @acondurache would you possibly be able to share whatever data you still have so I can add it to my site www.producthunt.com/posts/the-st... (Shutdownlist.com) ? It's becoming clear that there is a real desire for this data, but everyone who starts these projects seems to let them lapse 😟. Since I'm using a google sheet as the core list, hosting is free, so hopefully I can keep The Shutdown List going on forever with community help 🤗.
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