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I'm sorry for the founder that this didn't work out. However, I always find it a bit crappy when services just suddenly shut down. Was there not the option to
by arctangent 15y ago
I'm sorry for the founder that this didn't work out.
However, I always find it a bit crappy when services just suddenly shut down. Was there not the option to ask users for more money and/or donations?
Perhaps just being naive here and I admit I know nothing about Notifo... but it does seem like there's a systemic problem with innovative startups suddenly shutting up shop after running out of cash when perhaps they could have turned things around if they'd admitted to their customers earlier that they were short of cash.
Any thoughts?
- unshift 15y agothe economics might not work out. if it brings in $30k a year, it's not worth the long days and exhaustion of keeping the service running. i'd be comfortable paying about $10/yr for my account (since i don't use it a ton) but at that rate it's hard to make a living and justify the time and effort. notifo is really handy but it's not something many people want to pony up for.
- jazzychad 15y agoYes, exactly. As a consumer product the numbers would not add up, sadly. There are other factors on the publisher side that led to this; I'll be doing a more in-depth post mortem at some point.
- arctangent 15y agoSo basically it's the business model that failed, rather than you personally. You had an idea that seemed good enough to spend time on but the market just wasn't there. No shame in that. Better luck next time!
- richardw 15y agoMaybe there's a foreign HN'er who would manage the day-to-day hassle for you and for whom $Xk would be great money? Alternatively, sell (all or some of) it. Someone could well be keen to take it up if they think they can make it work.