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Other than the fact this story makes us all giggle...who cares?

Jake232 9y ago
People who bought tickets?
iamben 9y ago
Yeah, kinda cold. We all want to spend our cash on fun things. It sucks when it's not fun, and it's worse so when it's dangerous and a disaster.
funkyy 9y ago
It works like a warning to people, information that this stuff is happening.
4rt 9y ago
it reminded me of theranos, but maybe only because it's on HN.
strken 9y ago
It's certainly a great example of why to fail fast.
zzalpha 9y ago
Well, this is a great example of how not to deliver a minimum viable product...
- protomyth 9y ago
  And it shows not to believe your own hype no matter how much you generate. Hype doesn't deliver the MVP, logistics and execution deliver the MVP. Although people paying that kind of money want a tad bit more than minimum. [edit] I really don't want to make fun of other people's misfortune, but I couldn't help but think that would have made an awesome setting for a sequel to Tucker & Dale vs. Evil.
- notahacker 9y ago
  Not to mention how not to market it; if the organisers hadn't marketed packages worth tens of thousands of pounds for villas that didn't exist they might have got a bit more sympathy for ending up with a not-quite-ready MVP.
blhack 9y ago
Fyre is a tech startup, and fyre festival was marketing for it. It's an example of how "move fast and break things" can work out poorly when the things being broken end with with people stranded away from home without access to basic sanitation.
- Animats 9y ago
  Motherboard indicates that the parent company is also in trouble.[1] Their "talent booking app" is a long way from release. Employee pay is intermittent. New hires not provided with computers. Employee morale low. They claim to have a talent booking service now, and it's web-based.[2] There's no big advantage in moving it to an app. There are already at least six other talent booking apps. [1] https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/company-behind-disastrous-fyre-festival-warned-staff-not-to-come https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/company-behind-di... [2] http://fyreapp.com/talent http://fyreapp.com/talent
  - gt2 9y ago
    Is there a leading 1 or 2 talent apps?

People who bought tickets?

Yeah, kinda cold. We all want to spend our cash on fun things. It sucks when it's not fun, and it's worse so when it's dangerous and a disaster.

funkyy 9y ago

It works like a warning to people, information that this stuff is happening.

4rt 9y ago

it reminded me of theranos, but maybe only because it's on HN.

strken 9y ago

It's certainly a great example of why to fail fast.

zzalpha 9y ago

Well, this is a great example of how not to deliver a minimum viable product...

protomyth 9y ago
And it shows not to believe your own hype no matter how much you generate. Hype doesn't deliver the MVP, logistics and execution deliver the MVP. Although people paying that kind of money want a tad bit more than minimum. [edit] I really don't want to make fun of other people's misfortune, but I couldn't help but think that would have made an awesome setting for a sequel to Tucker & Dale vs. Evil.
notahacker 9y ago
Not to mention how not to market it; if the organisers hadn't marketed packages worth tens of thousands of pounds for villas that didn't exist they might have got a bit more sympathy for ending up with a not-quite-ready MVP.

blhack 9y ago

Fyre is a tech startup, and fyre festival was marketing for it. It's an example of how "move fast and break things" can work out poorly when the things being broken end with with people stranded away from home without access to basic sanitation.

Animats 9y ago
Motherboard indicates that the parent company is also in trouble.[1] Their "talent booking app" is a long way from release. Employee pay is intermittent. New hires not provided with computers. Employee morale low. They claim to have a talent booking service now, and it's web-based.[2] There's no big advantage in moving it to an app. There are already at least six other talent booking apps. [1] https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/company-behind-disastrous-fyre-festival-warned-staff-not-to-come https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/company-behind-di... [2] http://fyreapp.com/talent http://fyreapp.com/talent
- gt2 9y ago
  Is there a leading 1 or 2 talent apps?