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April 2020 - December 2020

Quibi

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🦄 Unicorn👑 Hubris

Valuation at Death

$1.75 billion

Money Burned

$1.75 billion

Body Count

200 employees

Lifespan

244 days (1 years)

☠️ Official Cause of Death

Solution looking for a problem

Launched mobile-only video platform during pandemic when everyone was home

Epitaph

Quick bites for your commute

Launched when no one commuted

6 months of pure hubris

Famous Last Words

"Mobile-only is the future (during lockdown)"

"$1.75B should be enough to figure this out"

💡 The Lesson

Read the room (and the calendar)

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I Was There Too

Raise your hand. Be honest. We all fuck up.

No one has confessed yet. Be the first to raise your hand.

Were you part of this? Did you use it? Raise your hand:

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Learn from the Dead

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