Re:Move Loot shuts down, sells customer list to Handy
by jmcgough on Thursday June 30, 2016 @02:07AM
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They expanded to several cities to satisfy investors, and they were renting space to store furniture, which ended up being far more expensive than they expected. But yeah, burning through 19M in about 14 months is nuts. They were really betting it all on growing big enough to sell investors on a series B, which clearly didn't work out.
Re:Move Loot shuts down, sells customer list to Handy
by rcach001 on Thursday June 30, 2016 @10:11AM
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This will def be a bigger story. You know all that could've been done with that much money? We should be concerned with irresponsible investors as well, not doing their due diligence on the company's performance to avoid such a catastrophe.
Re:Move Loot shuts down, sells customer list to Handy
by ojbyrne on Thursday June 30, 2016 @08:26AM
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They didn't necessarily blow through _all_ of it. Some companies will give cash back to investors when it becomes clear that the business is not viable.
Re:Move Loot shuts down, sells customer list to Handy
by adwordsjedi on Thursday June 30, 2016 @01:19PM
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When people move and sell furniture, they often times need a cleaning to satisfy a condition of selling a home or getting their full security deposit back. Only synergy I really see and anything old is stale. Probably very cheap list.
A post-mortem would be interesting. I'm guessing lack of discipline on the large raise. Since you don't have any direct competition, provie it out in 1 or 2 cities before expanding. Keep operations lean. Stay hungry.