Diary of a Startup – the rise and fall of ArsDigita

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rgavuliak · 6h ago

I too worked for a start up that was a combo of services and tech, it too died because the founders got too greedy and tried to spin off a product out of it. Covid had an impact on the business, but I also believe things could have gone better if we could have stuck to a direction.

hedgehog0 · 8h ago

Thank you for posting this! It's really informative to read...

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Diary of a Startup – the rise and fall of ArsDigita

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