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Ram Gangisetty @ramgangisetty.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

🔥🔥 JUST PUBLISHED 🔥🔥 Startup Obituary : CodeParrot The YC Plugin That Died at $1,500 a Month startupobituary.com/p/codeparrot

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Startup Obituary : CodeParrot

The YC Plugin That Died at $1,500 a Month

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Ram Gangisetty @ramgangisetty.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Startup Obituary : Astra AI sales startup that couldn’t close its own deal startupobituary.com/p/astra

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Startup Obituary : Astra

The AI sales agent that couldn't close its own deal

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Ram Gangisetty @ramgangisetty.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Experiment Boldly, But Plan for Profit 🚀 Sip’s innovative curation captivated users, but lacking a clear revenue model led to its downfall. Build your vision with a plan for profit! 🔗 startupobituary.com/p/sip #StartupLessons #Monetization #Innovation

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Ram Gangisetty @ramgangisetty.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Your Best Feature Can Be Replaced 📞 Free international calls made Skype famous, but WhatsApp & FaceTime made it easier. Never rely on a single unique feature. 🔗 startupobituary.com/p/skype CompetitiveEdge #ProductStrategy #StartupLessons

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Ram Gangisetty @ramgangisetty.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Every startup should aim for balance: Marketing, product development, and customer experience ALL matter. ⚖️ InVision’s imbalance was its undoing. #StartupSuccess 🔗 startupobituary.com/p/invision

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Ram Gangisetty @ramgangisetty.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Tomorrow's Startup Obituary post is about AI company that had great mission, founder and backing and success- yet it closed down. Find out about L1ght in tomorrow's edition of StartupObituary

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Ram Gangisetty @ramgangisetty.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Andy Rubin invented Android. Then he raised $330M to reinvent the phone. It was beautiful. Bold. And then—Essential shut down. 🔗 startupobituary.com/p/essential #startup #hardware #founderlessons

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Ram Gangisetty @ramgangisetty.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Hardware isn’t just hard. It’s brutal. Essential proves that beauty alone can’t sell devices. 🔗 startupobituary.com/p/essential #hardware #tech

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Ram Gangisetty @ramgangisetty.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

“When the competition is innovating faster than you, you’re already losing. ⏳ InVision’s V7 delays opened the door for Figma’s success. Speed matters! #TechLeadership #Execution 🔗 startupobituary.com/p/invision%E...

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Startup Obituary : InVision

The Rise and Fall of a Design Collaboration Pioneer

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Ram Gangisetty @ramgangisetty.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

🔥 🔥 Just published 🔥 🔥 Startup Obituary : Olive AI Must Work, Not Just Sound Good 🤖 Olive AI promised full automation, but human intervention was still needed. Don’t overhype tech—deliver real value. 🔗 startupobituary.com/p/olive #AIHype #ProductExecution #StartupLessons

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Ram Gangisetty @ramgangisetty.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Zume had a robot named Pepe. Another named Marta. But no one cared—because the pizza sucked. 👉 UX > gimmicks. startupobituary.com/p/zume #ProductFirst #StartupAdvice

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Ram Gangisetty @ramgangisetty.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

The team behind Essential built one of the most admired devices in Android history. But no one bought it. 🔗 startupobituary.com/p/essential #startuptruth #founderfail

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Ram Gangisetty @ramgangisetty.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

The product was personal. 🙏 Faith. Family. Filtered content. VidAngel built around deep values. 🔗 startupobituary.com/p/vidangel #Startup #Founder

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Ram Gangisetty @ramgangisetty.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

The market turned. Investors ghosted. The burn rate didn’t stop. Reali collapsed in months. 🔗 startupobituary.com/p/reali #startupcrash #vc

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Ram Gangisetty @ramgangisetty.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

🎯 Lesson: Validate before you scale. Fast’s rapid growth without solid market fit strained operations. What startups can learn 👉 startupobituary.beehiiv.com/p/startup-ob... #StartupAdvice #Growth

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Startup Obituary: Fast

How a One-Click Checkout Startup Burned $124.5 Million in Pursuit of E-Commerce Glory

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Ram Gangisetty @ramgangisetty.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Essential’s PH-1 had the first notch. Apple copied it. But Apple sold 200M phones. Essential sold 150k. 🔗 startupobituary.com/p/essential #startuphype #techfail

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Ram Gangisetty @ramgangisetty.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Essential’s PH-1 had the first notch. Apple copied it. But Apple sold 200M phones. Essential sold 150k. 🔗 startupobituary.com/p/essential #startuphype #techfail

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Ram Gangisetty @ramgangisetty.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Lesson's from Sam Altman's first startup, Loopt, in tomorrow's newsletter at StartupObituary .com

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Ram Gangisetty @ramgangisetty.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

📈 Byju’s went all-in on acquisitions, buying Aakash and WhiteHat Jr. But integrating these businesses proved costly and complex. The lesson? Scale smarter, not faster. 🔗 startupobituary.com/p/startup-ob... #StartupGrowth #LessonsFromFailure

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Ram Gangisetty @ramgangisetty.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

🛑 Anonymous platforms are powerful but risky. Kik learned this the hard way—should you? Details: startupobituary.beehiiv.com/p/startup-ob...

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Ram Gangisetty @ramgangisetty.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

If your robot costs $249 and Amazon’s Alexa is $49… You’re not selling utility. You’re selling wonder. And wonder is fragile. ✨ 🔗 startupobituary.com/p/anki

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Ram Gangisetty @ramgangisetty.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

A gorgeous phone with no carrier traction. A visionary founder with public scandal. Essential never stood a chance. 🔗 startupobituary.com/p/essential #founderreputation #startupdeath

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Ram Gangisetty @ramgangisetty.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Beautiful design ≠ market success. Essential had style—but no distribution, no marketing, and no escape from controversy. 🔗 startupobituary.com/p/essential #startupwisdom #VC #hardware

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Ram Gangisetty @ramgangisetty.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

The courts shut them down. The crowd lifted them up. 🧑‍⚖️ Legal defeat. 🙌 Community support. ❤️ Never underestimate user loyalty. 🔗 startupobituary.com/p/vidangel #BuildInPublic #Startup

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Ram Gangisetty @ramgangisetty.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Startup Obituary : Odeo (releasing tomorrow ) From Flop to Twitter. The Podcasting Platform That Accidentally Created Twitter. Get your copy here: startupobituary.com

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Ram Gangisetty @ramgangisetty.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

You cannot shortcut product market fit. Learn from Lola's Refolo in tomorrow's edition of Startup Obituary. StartupObituary.com/subscribe

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Ram Gangisetty @ramgangisetty.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

🔥 🔥 Just published 🔥 🔥 Startup Obituary : Essential Essential Products: The Rise and Fall of Andy Rubin’s Smartphone Vision. Inside the PH-1’s Bold Design, Record-Breaking Funding, and the Corporate Missteps That Doomed a Silicon Valley Unicorn startupobituary.com/p/essential

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Ram Gangisetty @ramgangisetty.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Hospitals Need Proof, Not Promises 🏥 Selling to healthcare requires working solutions, not just pitch decks. Olive’s tech failed to meet expectations. 🔗 startupobituary.com/p/olive #HealthcareTech #EnterpriseSales #StartupAdvice

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Startup Obituary : Olive

The AI Healthcare Dream That Flatlined. From a $4 Billion Vision to a 2023 Shutdown—Unraveling the Rise and Fall of a Digital Health Unicorn.

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Ram Gangisetty @ramgangisetty.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

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Ram Gangisetty @ramgangisetty.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

“Buy Before You Sell” was innovative in a bull market. In a downturn? It became a liability. 🔗 startupobituary.com/p/reali #realestate #startup #productstrategy

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Startup Obituary : Reali

$294M Raised Yet Reali Couldn't Survive The Market Downturn

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Ram Gangisetty @ramgangisetty.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

You cannot shortcut product market fit. Learn from Lola's Refolo in tomorrow's edition of Startup Obituary. StartupObituary.com/subscribe

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Ram Gangisetty @ramgangisetty.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Reali made buying a home easier. Flat fees. Trusted agents. Real savings. But still couldn’t survive the market downturn. 🔗 startupobituary.com/p/reali #realestate #startupfailure

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Startup Obituary : Reali

$294M Raised Yet Reali Couldn't Survive The Market Downturn

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Ram Gangisetty @ramgangisetty.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Zume had a robot named Pepe. Another named Marta. But no one cared—because the pizza sucked. 👉 UX > gimmicks. startupobituary.com/p/zume #ProductFirst #StartupAdvice

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Ram Gangisetty @ramgangisetty.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Reali scaled like Shopify for home buying. Agent, lender, escrow—one app. But scaling everything means risking everything. 🔗 startupobituary.com/p/reali #proptech #founderlife #startup #VC

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Startup Obituary : Reali

$294M Raised Yet Reali Couldn't Survive The Market Downturn

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Ram Gangisetty @ramgangisetty.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Don’t Underestimate Production Challenges 🏭 Hardware development is expensive and complex. WoZ’s high production costs remind us to streamline manufacturing for affordability. 🔗 startupobituary.com/p/wheels-of-... #Hardware #StartupChallenges #CostEfficiency

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Ram Gangisetty @ramgangisetty.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Reali was a rocketship in 2021. 🚀 7x growth 💰 $100M round 📈 $350M valuation But in 2022? The tank ran dry. 🔗 startupobituary.com/p/reali #startuplife #funding

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Startup Obituary : Reali

$294M Raised Yet Reali Couldn't Survive The Market Downturn

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Ram Gangisetty @ramgangisetty.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

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Ram Gangisetty @ramgangisetty.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Reali’s legacy lives on: 🏘️ Flat-fee models 💰 Cash offer tools 📲 Streamlined apps But the company? Gone. 🔗 startupobituary.com/p/reali #proptech #startup

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Startup Obituary : Reali

$294M Raised Yet Reali Couldn't Survive The Market Downturn

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Ram Gangisetty @ramgangisetty.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Learn from the Fall of Giants! 📚 Roadstar ai was poised for greatness. Its demise is a reminder: never underestimate the power of internal discipline. 🔗 startupobituary.com/p/roadstar-ai #LessonsLearned #StartupWisdom #AutonomousTech

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Ram Gangisetty @ramgangisetty.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

🔥 Lesson: Don’t scale complexity before PMF. Reali tried to be the agent, the lender, the platform… all at once. Too much, too fast. 🔗 startupobituary.com/p/reali #startupwisdom #founder

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Startup Obituary : Reali

$294M Raised Yet Reali Couldn't Survive The Market Downturn

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Ram Gangisetty @ramgangisetty.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Remember ScaleFactor? The AI accounting 'revolution' that raised $100M and promised to save SMBs from financial chaos? What happened? Coming up in next post at 👉 StartupObituary.com #Fintech #startup #AIHype

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