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Minefold (YC W12) launched 3 hours before Steve Jobs died and got, uh, 23 upvotes[1] before disappearing into oblivion. [1] http://cl.ly/image/371P0B3j3g3H htt

Minefold (YC W12) launched 3 hours before Steve Jobs died and got, uh, 23 upvotes[1] before disappearing into oblivion. [1] http://cl.ly/image/371P0B3j3g3H http://cl.ly/image/371P0B3j3g3H

tlrobinson 14y ago
Should have just relaunched a week later, no one would have noticed you "launched" twice!
taybenlor 14y ago
Haha, I remember this. Worst launch day ever.
- Tyrannosaurs 14y ago
  My favourite is the novelist Chris Cleave had his first book "Incendiary" (about a terrorist bomb attack on London) released on the same day as the 7/7 London bombings. The publisher pulled all advertising and all copies were hidden at the back of book shops as a mark of respect / so as not to be seen to be trying to profit from such an event / out of general decency. Pretty much killed it.
  - gadders 14y ago
    See also the film "Gone Baby Gone" [1], a really good film (and book) that had its release delayed due to the search for Madeleine McCann [2] [1] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0452623/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0452623/ [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Madeleine_McCann http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Madeleine_McCa...
    - prawks 14y ago
      Donnie Darko opened the month after 9/11, and many theaters refused to show it due to its depiction of a plane crashing. Didn't go positive in the box office likely as a result. Absolutely excellent cult film for anyone interested.
- cstross 14y ago
  No, Steve Jobs' death was only the second worst launch day ever. The last tech startup I was involved in (I'm really dating myself here ... ) me and the CEO went to make our first pitch on September 12th, 2001. I still have a box of business cards kicking around describing me as "CTO, zHosting Ltd". They'd make great roach papers if I could smoke (asthma: nature's way of reminding you to "just say no"). (We buried the company at a crossroads with a mouthful of garlic two weeks later. If we'd just been a month faster things could have been very different ...)
xmpir 14y ago
bad timing - but who could have known...

Minefold (YC W12) launched 3 hours before Steve Jobs died and got, uh, 23 upvotes[1] before disappearing into oblivion. [1] http://cl.ly/image/371P0B3j3g3H http://cl.ly/image/371P0B3j3g3H

tlrobinson 14y ago

Should have just relaunched a week later, no one would have noticed you "launched" twice!

taybenlor 14y ago

Haha, I remember this. Worst launch day ever.

Tyrannosaurs 14y ago
My favourite is the novelist Chris Cleave had his first book "Incendiary" (about a terrorist bomb attack on London) released on the same day as the 7/7 London bombings. The publisher pulled all advertising and all copies were hidden at the back of book shops as a mark of respect / so as not to be seen to be trying to profit from such an event / out of general decency. Pretty much killed it.
- gadders 14y ago
  See also the film "Gone Baby Gone" [1], a really good film (and book) that had its release delayed due to the search for Madeleine McCann [2] [1] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0452623/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0452623/ [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Madeleine_McCann http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Madeleine_McCa...
  - prawks 14y ago
    Donnie Darko opened the month after 9/11, and many theaters refused to show it due to its depiction of a plane crashing. Didn't go positive in the box office likely as a result. Absolutely excellent cult film for anyone interested.
cstross 14y ago
No, Steve Jobs' death was only the second worst launch day ever. The last tech startup I was involved in (I'm really dating myself here ... ) me and the CEO went to make our first pitch on September 12th, 2001. I still have a box of business cards kicking around describing me as "CTO, zHosting Ltd". They'd make great roach papers if I could smoke (asthma: nature's way of reminding you to "just say no"). (We buried the company at a crossroads with a mouthful of garlic two weeks later. If we'd just been a month faster things could have been very different ...)

xmpir 14y ago

bad timing - but who could have known...