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TechShop is closed: a brief company history
- jorts 9y agoThis is super sad. Hopefully the pieces of this are picked up and something else great comes from it. Techshop was an amazing place to learn, create and share. I went by this morning to make something before work at the SF location and was told they closed down when I got to the gate. Employees (at least some) were notified last night at 7:00 p.m. Members were given zero notice.
- calt 9y agoA while ago they had an offer for lifetime membership for a lump sum. I'm sad that my cynicism around that offer was accurate.
- blackguardx 9y agoThey used to spam their email list with that offer every month or so. It got so annoying that I unsubscribed. It seemed like a bad sign.
- stingrae 9y agoSeems like poor management. It is crazy to me that a membership based place like this could shutdown at such short notice. Expansion should have waited to see profitability. If the model didn't work in new locations, shut those down.
- avs733 9y agoOther thread found here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15705072 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15705072 Absolutely a case of mis-vision and and mis-strategy