Re:A book suggestion: Founders That Almost Made It
by davi on Thursday June 18, 2009 @07:25AM
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"ok, now you've made it big - tell us about the times you didn't"
That's better than the "Founders that almost made it" idea. Knowing that they had it in them to succeed makes their failures more instructive. It also lends some credibility to their analysis of why they failed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traf-O-Data
Not really a failure, but not much of a success either, compared to that other company he got involved with later.
I think there is perhaps where the book or articles might lie - "ok, now you've made it big - tell us about the times you didn't". Like PG's art gallery venture.