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How a Hot $100 Million Design Startup Collapsed Overnight
Defining "AngelList" is tricky. AngelList isn't just one company. Technically, three separate entities leverage the brand: AngelList Venture, AngelList Talent, and AngelList India. That's without mentioning businesses that spun out from the company, including Republic and CoinList. Or, indeed, Product Hunt, which AngelList owned between 2016 and 20
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Below the surface, however, cracks were starting to form. We had always gotten more press than the maturity of our product and organization justified. In that gap between the level of press we received and where our product actually was, backlash formed. The Klout Score, which was our biggest asset, was also our worst enemy. It was too much of a no... See more
Joe Fernandez • How to go from being a super hot company to lucky to get acquired in less than 24 months
Benchmark led a coup against Kalanick, forcing him out of his own company.