Well, We Failed – Wattage is shutting down

Re:Well, We Failed – Wattage is shutting down by solve on Tuesday May 05, 2015 @02:45PM (#9494180)

> “Now That’s A Beautiful Pitch Deck”

Reminds me of this quote:

"As a designer, this is hard to admit: Extremely beautiful design is a negative warning signal for startup success. (70%+ accuracy.)"

https://twitter.com/dcurtis/status/571082598920925187

So, so true. Also, I've long noticed that startups who call themselves beautiful on their front page seem 99% bound to fail. Noticeably higher failure rate.

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Re:Well, We Failed – Wattage is shutting down by jeremybell on Tuesday May 05, 2015 @03:43PM (#9494495)

I would tend to agree with this, but it's usually a sign that the startup has incorrectly focused their energies and money on design, instead of focusing on the underlaying business itself.

In this case, I simply designed the deck myself. I'm flattered that everyone thinks it looks nice, but my intention wasn't to make something with style over substance.

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Re:Well, We Failed – Wattage is shutting down by pbhjpbhj on Tuesday May 05, 2015 @08:36PM (#9495934)

On the penultimate slide, p.24, what's the relevance of the company logos? It appears to be an endorsement, in what way is that true or false. The alternative interpretation is that the 70 years of product development has been for the listed companies?

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