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They are a BI dashboard company with lots of data integration connectors. They've been burning money with ads declaring 'spreadsheets are dead' and silly Domopa

• reaperducer 8y ago
  >silly Domopalooza[1] lifestyle events Reminds me of a particular west coast startup I was associated with that took its final round of funding and blew most of it on a massive out-of-town party. Flew in all of the A-list bankers and tech types it could find. The idea was to make the (failing) app look like a huge deal in the eyes of investors and get bought, thus fulfilling its exit strategy. It worked.
  • tardo99 8y ago
    Is the identity of this startup a secret? Maybe someone with a throwaway account could post it? Super curious here...
    • cookiecaper 8y ago
      FWIW I had a startup as a contract client that sounds like they did something similar. Spent hundreds of thousands throwing a "relaunch party" to pander to investors. I assume this strategy is not rare. Only difference is that it didn't work for them and they went under a few months later.
    • toomanybeersies 8y ago
      Pied Piper?