Yubl is a failed company: Social networking app Yubl shuts down despite £16m investment, http://www.businessofapps.com/social-networking-app-yubl-shuts-16m-inve

Yubl is a failed company: Social networking app Yubl shuts down despite £16m investment, http://www.businessofapps.com/social-networking-app-yubl-shuts-16m-investment/ http://www.businessofapps.com/social-networking-app-yubl-shu... Nothing about this setup feels lean. Why did they build their own feed technology instead of using an open source or hosted solution? Why did they use Lambda for everything, and invest a crazy amount of effort into making it work well? Their job was to prove their ability to acquire users, they didn't need to innovate on the tech side by using Lambda for everything. It feels like a lack of focus. I admire how Unsplash is so clear about what the goal is and where their team can add most value: https://medium.com/unsplash-unfiltered/scaling-unsplash-with-a-small-team-fbdd55571906 https://medium.com/unsplash-unfiltered/scaling-unsplash-with...