The Biggest Startup Failures (that deserved it)

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  • @slidebean
    @slidebean  2 месяца назад +12

    Which Startups would you have added to this list?
    While it's fun to discuss company failures, let's not forget those outstanding companies that help you succeed!
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  • @LuxuriantCarrot
    @LuxuriantCarrot 2 месяца назад +45

    Yo I don't watch all of your videos, but every once in a while I do and they're always great. You have great quality and determination, wishing you the best!

    • @slidebean
      @slidebean  2 месяца назад +13

      Thanks for coming back on this how. Glad we got you to click :)
      - Caya

    • @richcampus
      @richcampus 2 месяца назад +1

      Love ❤ your videos and share them Caya. I wish I could contribute more to your channel. Thank you. and to your team, for your work here on RUclips. ❤

    • @somdusazerate
      @somdusazerate 2 месяца назад

      @@slidebean any chance of socom?

  • @chadwittman6292
    @chadwittman6292 2 месяца назад +47

    Seems like the new way to get rich is by losing other people’s money. Start inc, get investors, pay yourself and friends hefty salaries, drive company into the ground… guess these people never dealt with someone that will delete you over their money

    • @MayorSom
      @MayorSom 2 месяца назад

      That's because the people funding them (VCs) do not have any skin in the game. In fact, they are doing the very same thing. Zero accountability and scrutiny. The biggest losers are the LPs (those whom the VCs raised the money). It's not too farfetched to suggest it's borderline ponzi-ish

    • @utilid4lifefigureitout602
      @utilid4lifefigureitout602 2 месяца назад +3

      Called the Donald Trump model

    • @honor9lite1337
      @honor9lite1337 2 месяца назад +2

      😅

    • @silmarian
      @silmarian 2 месяца назад +5

      Don’t forget the “screw over the employees who’ve built your company” step

  • @ompandey2911
    @ompandey2911 2 месяца назад +9

    I came across your channel scrolling through RUclips, have binge watched almost everything, really good work!!!

    • @slidebean
      @slidebean  2 месяца назад +1

      OMG! Welcome aboard!

  • @JosePiusV
    @JosePiusV 2 месяца назад +28

    *Appreciate your videos! I’m 54 and younger generations should know there’s no shortcut to acquiring wealth, but there are ways to go about it. Fellow millionaires don’t tell the poor/middle class they need the knowledge of finance coaches to help build their wealth. If anyone here needs a good coach, here’s it..*

    • @JosePiusV
      @JosePiusV 2 месяца назад

      Elizabeth Greenhunts
      get to her with the name

    • @JenniferAtterton
      @JenniferAtterton 2 месяца назад

      Many needs this lnfo. Good stuff

  • @isbestlizard
    @isbestlizard 2 месяца назад +6

    If Holmes 'took the blame' she would have pled guilty. You don't get to 'take the blame' from a prison cell. Too late. You have had the blame imposed on you.

  • @realparvsharma
    @realparvsharma 2 месяца назад +40

    I don't understand the HDR hate?😭It looks good on my phone atleast.
    Anyway I was expecting wework on the top but was pleasantly surprised with Theranos. Almost forgot about them

  • @SlapadelicMusic
    @SlapadelicMusic 2 месяца назад +2

    I really wanted Fisker to be cool lol
    I live in the Bay Area and would see them driving around sometimes and they’re super cool looking and the solar panel is sick
    My wife and I are saving up for a new car and that one was on our list until all the bad news started coming out about it. And that review was super informative though he’s right that it’s products that ruin companies not reviews

  • @RobinRajan89
    @RobinRajan89 2 месяца назад +3

    So everyone just forgot Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX? Lost $1.8B of their investor's and $8B of their customer's money

  • @ermiasfentaye5033
    @ermiasfentaye5033 2 месяца назад +13

    We need a series about this

    • @fofopads4450
      @fofopads4450 2 месяца назад

      they have it, is called company forensics

  • @masror_ah
    @masror_ah 2 месяца назад +1

    That streaming service(i forget its name) that came out back in 2019 that spend 1B on marketing and was supposed to replace Netflix....
    Its (ultimate) feature was "you can watch series horizontally "

  • @SamRyan1
    @SamRyan1 2 месяца назад +3

    This is really good. I'm new to this RUclips channel but love the videos so far.

  • @adotcommer
    @adotcommer 2 месяца назад +3

    WeWork is definitely going to be in the company of these startups within the next couple of years.

  • @bkhleung
    @bkhleung 2 месяца назад +8

    Excited to catch a video this early!

    • @slidebean
      @slidebean  2 месяца назад +1

      You were first if we exclude the bots :)

    • @bkhleung
      @bkhleung 2 месяца назад +2

      @@slidebean 😻
      Been a longtime fan
      Hopefully, my raise at the end of the year will be successful and you guys will do a video on my startup eventually...
      But like "top (funded) startups that deserved to win" instead of being inducted into this cohort of failed startups... Haha 😅

    • @slidebean
      @slidebean  2 месяца назад

      Haha sounds like a plan! Keep us posted :)
      - Caya

    • @smellingtotocodm
      @smellingtotocodm 2 месяца назад

      @@bkhleungwhat’s your startup I’d love to get onboard

  • @wanderingAves
    @wanderingAves 2 месяца назад +2

    Love your videos as always; crips, clear and easy to absorb the information. Around the 12:16 mark, Caya said 2023 instead of 2003?

  • @kayEnt3rtainm3nt
    @kayEnt3rtainm3nt 2 месяца назад +1

    Elio Motors seems like a fascinating case study for a startup that was either comically mismanaged, or a scam that was successful because the very convincingly acted incompetent.

  • @OkieOtaku
    @OkieOtaku 2 месяца назад

    Fun fact, Regal Cinema's Unlimited pass ($19/month), is truley unlimited. 0 limitation, even on upgraded seats like Warren Theaters (owned by Regal) Screening Rooms, and 21+ Director's Suites and balcony seats. Some seats of which go for nearly $25.... I've seen over 10 movies in a month, no limitations. Even seen 3 movies in the same day before

  • @kmarshie
    @kmarshie 2 месяца назад +1

    I wore movie pass out when I had it. Was going to the movies almost every day

  • @Absol407
    @Absol407 2 месяца назад +10

    On my phone the HDR looks as if the video has a Gray/beige filter on.
    It looks awful honestly.
    If it was optional that would be great (but it isn't).

    • @MoosePockets
      @MoosePockets 2 месяца назад

      I don’t like blue cheese… oh I thought we were just sharing things we don’t like. HDR looks great.

  • @fishbone470
    @fishbone470 2 месяца назад +1

    Great video.. love the content and format!

  • @micheloula3143
    @micheloula3143 2 месяца назад +6

    Am using an android and the video's brightness hurts my eyes. The color also changed to orange like.

  • @PhilippBlum
    @PhilippBlum 2 месяца назад +1

    tbf with some of them: Doing hardware is really hard.
    Also, there is not a lot of support in the area.

  • @glendunzweilerproductions2812
    @glendunzweilerproductions2812 2 месяца назад +1

    People want the good story. They buy the good story. The real story is usually uninspiring.

  • @lephtovermeet
    @lephtovermeet 2 месяца назад +1

    I will never bet on a designer at the helm for the same reason why you wouldn't want an artist running Google or GE. Designers have the ability to skyrocket good ideas to the moon; literally: Apple. But they live in emotion-land, which you don't want on your 10ks and annual reports.

  • @metalbob123
    @metalbob123 2 месяца назад +3

    love this video keep it up!

  • @bigtaskat-hand4742
    @bigtaskat-hand4742 2 месяца назад +4

    Lol 😂 I see what people are saying with the HDR. Yes, I agree, you should stop using HDR.

    • @MoosePockets
      @MoosePockets 2 месяца назад

      I will only watch HDR videos from now on. It looks great.

  • @JeremyPickett
    @JeremyPickett 2 месяца назад

    Caya, i dont see the issues behind any of the h8. Love slidebean videos and been a fan for years. And i will continue to be a fan for years 🙃 Keep'em coming.

  • @harishkumaru8911
    @harishkumaru8911 2 месяца назад +10

    Slidebean thinks 99% of his viewers are bots, like he's some unbox therapy

  • @snooganslestat2030
    @snooganslestat2030 2 месяца назад +1

    Juicero is the most expensive pair of scissors ever invented.

    • @John-n9f1o
      @John-n9f1o 2 месяца назад

      It's a grip strength workout machine with the reward of a nice, fresh drink after!

  • @ronchappel4812
    @ronchappel4812 2 месяца назад

    I had never heard of Quirky until now. It's kind of like startups squared,with all the attendant risks multiplied as well .
    Good luck making that work!😄😄😄😄

  • @joecalderon3158
    @joecalderon3158 2 месяца назад

    your videos are so bright i get eye problems, probably a video setting configuration problem i use a mac book pro 2022 m1

  • @dvidsilva
    @dvidsilva 2 месяца назад +2

    Rabbit, Humane and almost everything with AI

  • @olajideparis
    @olajideparis 2 месяца назад +2

    I didn't understand the fake and real voice comparison, they didn't sound different in the example.

    • @toomanyaccounts
      @toomanyaccounts 2 месяца назад +1

      the fake voice was not added to the video. likely an editing mistake. you can find vids showing her real voice and the fake voice. its been so heavily reported its baffling that you haven't heard it

  • @bunny36942
    @bunny36942 2 месяца назад

    I really don't understand why everyone is worried about HDR.
    It's actually very very good. It helps to make the visuals more realistic and vibrant.
    Please don't listen to guys who say HDR sucks, Maybe in some devices idk, but in general it's very nice.

  • @stevens1041
    @stevens1041 2 месяца назад +1

    Great video. Looks amazing on my device too, btw. Keep up the great work.

  • @mphomuila9460
    @mphomuila9460 2 месяца назад +8

    The fisker Karma was electric

    • @mphomuila9460
      @mphomuila9460 2 месяца назад +3

      Fisker was Branded as a more premium tesla alternative

    • @johanalejandrocazadordepin7225
      @johanalejandrocazadordepin7225 2 месяца назад +1

      fisker was always trash, a narcissistic designer thought the looks of a car could compete with the performance that comes from good engineering.

  • @ecocodex4431
    @ecocodex4431 Месяц назад

    12:16 ah, understood! She dropped out in 2023 and spent 10 years on the tech, so it was ready in 2033, but an expose in 2015, 8 years before she dropped out, destroyed the company.
    A little wonky on the space-time, but I am sure some time-travel must be involved.

  • @mohbig8632
    @mohbig8632 2 месяца назад +2

    Please i appreciate your try, back to HD .thanks

  • @theordinarychannel9334
    @theordinarychannel9334 2 месяца назад +1

    12:16 what year Holmes dropped out & started Theranos ?

    • @Whatneeds2bsaid
      @Whatneeds2bsaid 2 месяца назад +1

      Yeah, I also went back to listen to that. Pretty sure he meant 2003!

  • @kidtae1
    @kidtae1 2 месяца назад

    More of this content please. Super informative

  • @chidiebere6131
    @chidiebere6131 2 месяца назад +1

    The video looks whitish. Pls fix it. It started recently

  • @dvidsilva
    @dvidsilva 2 месяца назад +1

    Bodega is great. It was tone deaf and pointless, perfect Silicon Valley company

  • @hoboringmaster8029
    @hoboringmaster8029 2 месяца назад

    I wonder how much QUE. got paid to mention Fisker in the “uno, dos, tres” song. 1st time and last hearing about them

  • @mukkaar
    @mukkaar 2 месяца назад

    Please don't call juicero juicer :D It's literally just juice dispenser. Pretty bad one at that, even if you ignore the cost.

  • @0dixib0
    @0dixib0 2 месяца назад

    Wasn't the first Fisker also an electric car company, or am I missing something?

  • @Rich77UK
    @Rich77UK 2 месяца назад

    10 seconds in...JUICERO needs to be there...not a startup but the Keurig cold...I helped in the early development of that and Keurig COMPLETELY ignored my feedback that who pays $400 for a machine to have to buy cartridges at over $1 each when you can buy a 12oz can for the same.

  • @mayowa60
    @mayowa60 2 месяца назад +3

    good video.

  • @sarahfitzgerald8103
    @sarahfitzgerald8103 2 месяца назад

    Very interesting watch - laughed out loud at the juicer. Wild concept from start to finish.

    • @toomanyaccounts
      @toomanyaccounts 2 месяца назад

      there is a breakdown video showing how overdesigned it is for squeezing a juice bag that you could do by your hands. basically it could have been made and sold for a 100 bucks instead it was sold for 700 bucks due to the insane over engineering.

  • @arkade89
    @arkade89 2 месяца назад +2

    Sam Bankman

  • @dirkwyse1609
    @dirkwyse1609 2 месяца назад +1

    You missed Beeble - like yelp, but for people. LOL

  • @FasterDrivers
    @FasterDrivers 2 месяца назад

    And I can barely find a dime to further develop my free delivery app that lowers costs for business and customers while creating better paying opportunities to drivers.....

  • @ghostlightning
    @ghostlightning 2 месяца назад

    Moviepass business model isn't way too different from Spotify.

  • @valentinneher1860
    @valentinneher1860 2 месяца назад

    I like your conclusion at the end.

  • @jonathanharvey2156
    @jonathanharvey2156 2 месяца назад

    Didn’t some RUclipsr just release a video saying he bought fisker? Think it was Alejandro Salomon/Salomondrin

  • @sjkeskar14
    @sjkeskar14 2 месяца назад

    Make this a Series!

  • @raznatalia141
    @raznatalia141 2 месяца назад +1

    Great video, those new AI products could also make this list.

  • @cjwindisch
    @cjwindisch 2 месяца назад

    The best startup employees know when they join a startup that they could be out of the job - they believe their work will keep the company from going out of business. And that's what they optimize for. There's no need to not talk about it

  • @markmukunga1084
    @markmukunga1084 2 месяца назад

    we work should be there definitely!

  • @cryptowire
    @cryptowire 2 месяца назад +1

    Nice, 💪🏽💯

  • @dg-ov4cf
    @dg-ov4cf 2 месяца назад

    why tf this video so mfin bright

  • @yrrag
    @yrrag 2 месяца назад

    include the app "IRL" next

  • @latifa_alhassan
    @latifa_alhassan 2 месяца назад

    So
    Much research and work into this great video and all y’all are commenting about is HDR? What if it were in 320p or worse. Give the gentleman some credit Please. Truely people only lookout for the worse in everything 😢.

  • @noelomondi4849
    @noelomondi4849 2 месяца назад +1

    Why are you uploading in HDR?????

    • @MoosePockets
      @MoosePockets 2 месяца назад

      I will only watch HDR videos from now on.

  • @johnwho2941
    @johnwho2941 2 месяца назад

    What about Wework?

  • @pensiveidea
    @pensiveidea 2 месяца назад

    The background music will give me a stroke. >> SKIP >>

  • @elizabethbriana
    @elizabethbriana 2 месяца назад

    When you got to Theranos you the first sentence is wrong. I have rewatched it with and without caption several times , and you said that in 2023 Elizabeth Holmes left school. That is not correct.

  • @tbrown8721
    @tbrown8721 2 месяца назад

    If Quirky didn't deserve to burn, in your opinion, why include them in this video with such a title? 😅
    Otherwise, excellent video 😊

  • @BernhardWelzel
    @BernhardWelzel 2 месяца назад

    What if we make a "gofundme" to bride you to not use HDR anymore - How much you demand to make your videos watchable again?

  • @blla
    @blla 25 дней назад

    Forgot Quibi and FTX

  • @keenheat3335
    @keenheat3335 2 месяца назад

    i mean these were startup design for investor rather than end customer. If anything how the investors got fooled in the first place manage to stay in business is a bigger mystery. If anything the investor fund that continue to fund these stupid startup should be one that get named and shamed.

  • @ernestol.guerraa.4040
    @ernestol.guerraa.4040 2 месяца назад

    a perfect example of how exploitable is Human ingenuity....

  • @blesswillw8629
    @blesswillw8629 2 месяца назад

    Moviepass failed because the ownera were booted out

  • @danielscheuch
    @danielscheuch 2 месяца назад

    Ha Elizabeth should have started a car company

  • @ssejjdelorenz3152
    @ssejjdelorenz3152 2 месяца назад

    Easier to make money critising the people who actually do things.. dont you think?

  • @alexg3348
    @alexg3348 2 месяца назад

    $700 juice squeezer?? wt..??? 😂😂🤣🤣

  • @RoryeOConnor
    @RoryeOConnor 2 месяца назад

    The cojones on some of these folks to spend other peoples' literal millions on stuff that blatantly doesn't work.

  • @benjaminsandeen9241
    @benjaminsandeen9241 2 месяца назад

    ugh, move fast and break things is a disgusting mentality

  • @6thai
    @6thai 2 месяца назад

    Do add FTX

  • @mobilaizer
    @mobilaizer 2 месяца назад

    I avoid subscription based product

  • @caljglenn
    @caljglenn 2 месяца назад +1

    Quibi

    • @geraldopereirajunior
      @geraldopereirajunior 2 месяца назад +1

      Yeah. Quibi would be perfect to be featured in the next video.

    • @caljglenn
      @caljglenn 2 месяца назад +1

      @@geraldopereirajunior funny, did they raise more than $1 billion I figured they would’ve been a part of this conversation right from the beginning. Looking forward to your take on them later.

    • @geraldopereirajunior
      @geraldopereirajunior Месяц назад

      @@caljglenn For sure. The valuation, money raised and team behind Quibi makes me wonder why they weren't in this first video right from the beginning, as you said.

  • @BryanAllenSmith
    @BryanAllenSmith 2 месяца назад +1

    Umm, I’m sorry but the title is so confusing? So companies deserved it but then you say that quirky didn’t deserve that?!?

  • @abelardoruiz5544
    @abelardoruiz5544 Месяц назад

    Where is We Wokr?.

  • @2113pinch
    @2113pinch 2 месяца назад +1

    Start ups by the sheltered Silicon Valley goons. 😂👎🏾

  • @James_Marshall92
    @James_Marshall92 2 месяца назад

    Who is this guy AI ?

  • @dervon9526
    @dervon9526 2 месяца назад

    The weekday ( I’m sure this joke has already been made )

  • @wealthmakingg
    @wealthmakingg 2 месяца назад

    I founded this youtube channel and I have just 8 subscribers 😂😂

  • @Perspicacious-pg8ww
    @Perspicacious-pg8ww 2 месяца назад +69

    I swear I’m never watching another video of yours if it’s uploaded in HDR again

    • @mohamedaityoussef9965
      @mohamedaityoussef9965 2 месяца назад +14

      Why

    • @michaelturrin3482
      @michaelturrin3482 2 месяца назад +11

      Why

    • @slidebean
      @slidebean  2 месяца назад +81

      HDR hate is so unusual I'm starting to believe its bots.
      - Caya

    • @StefanDeleanu
      @StefanDeleanu 2 месяца назад +9

      HDR increases dynamic range. How is that bad?

    • @LushOffiziell
      @LushOffiziell 2 месяца назад +13

      I thought I'm the only one watching the video in grey haha

  • @UsernameR8
    @UsernameR8 2 месяца назад

    Great video quality HDR

  • @jdwlol
    @jdwlol 2 месяца назад +19

    Stop with HDR

    • @mohamedaityoussef9965
      @mohamedaityoussef9965 2 месяца назад +14

      What's wrong with it Idk why you'd say that

    • @Ak-hm8vs
      @Ak-hm8vs 2 месяца назад +5

      I love the HDR!

    • @jdwlol
      @jdwlol 2 месяца назад

      @@mohamedaityoussef9965 Its not properly implemented. When viewing on Android phones (Pixel 8, OnePlus7 Pro tested) the normal live in-camera content is super dim and hard to see, but the computer generated content (e.g slides, transitions) are fully blown out and way to bright.

    • @stevens1041
      @stevens1041 2 месяца назад +4

      Increase HDR. More.

    • @CaptainJeoy
      @CaptainJeoy 2 месяца назад

      No. I love it.

  • @chiragarora2827
    @chiragarora2827 2 месяца назад

    2023?

  • @TheLiddleBigChannel
    @TheLiddleBigChannel 2 месяца назад

    🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 love it!

  • @MajorGamePC
    @MajorGamePC 2 месяца назад

    this video is way to terrible to watch

  • @supernerd7093
    @supernerd7093 2 месяца назад

    I beg you to cut your hair!

    • @danielakang500
      @danielakang500 2 месяца назад +1

      the hair is cool tho.

    • @slidebean
      @slidebean  2 месяца назад +3

      Thanks going to be a no for now. Sorry.
      - Caya