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2011-2019

MoviePass

Unlimited movies for $10/month

🦄 Unicorn👑 Hubris

Valuation at Death

$1 billion valuation

Money Burned

$300 million in 2 years

Body Count

200+ employees

Lifespan

1826 days (5 years)

☠️ Official Cause of Death

Math still matters

Spent $20 per ticket, charged $10/month. Subscribers saw multiple movies. Shocked when money ran out.

Epitaph

Ten dollars for infinity

They forgot about arithmetic

The math didn't movie

💡 The Lesson

Unit economics can't be disrupted

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I Was There Too

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