Why did Secret shutdown and not pivot?

Rachel Zheng Business Development Manager at Honyee Media

April 30th, 2015

I'm sure everyone knows that Secret (the anonymous chat app that raised at $100M valuation not that long ago) is shutting down. The founder said... More

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At what point do you realize it is time to pivot?

Shamim Hasan CEO at Xpart Solutions

September 19th, 2016

Got a nice business model with a few friends. We are about to bring it to market but we are worries about the acceptance that we may receive from... More

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How do you pivot a startup?

swati gupta QA at Virtual Employee Pvt. Ltd.

February 17th, 2017

2016 was a difficult year for our business. My cofounder and I thought our product, a fashion deal aggregator of sorts, would be a hit with consumers,... More

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Pivoting away from your original users

Jill

May 30th, 2013

Noah Glass just guest posted for FounderDating's FounderTalk series about falling in love with the consumer market and then having to pivot away... More

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When starting a pivot of your company, what things are important for building the new brand?

@startupjames

March 16th, 2015

So far we have a new logo and are rebuilding the website from scratch. The company will be launching a new blog and updating all of the appropriate... More

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What are your feelings on pivoting?

Abdullah Javed Student at Government College University, Faisalabad

October 9th, 2016

When is a good time to pivot and how can you be sure?

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You just found out that you have a direct competitor. How do you respond?

Harpreet Singh Senior QA Engineer (Freelancer)

April 17th, 2017

My friend established a food delivery service in a small but unserved market and had his run of the entire market for about a year. He did fairly... More

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Pivot or Persevere

Anonymous

April 16th, 2012

Ah the age old question...When did you decide to pivot or persevere?

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What will cause consumer demand for VR to accelerate?

Junard Quijano Freelance Contractor/Virtual Assistant at Upwork

June 7th, 2017

I recently read an article in VentureBeat that described the tough environment consumer-facing VR companies are launching into. Simply put there isn’t... More