One thing I’m noticing while building Startup Graveyard:
A failed startup is not always a bad idea.
Sometimes the timing was wrong.
Sometimes distribution failed.
Sometimes people liked the product, but not enough to pay for it.
Sometimes the market existed, but the business model did not.
That’s the part I want the site to explore more: the patterns behind failure, not just the names of companies that shut down.
Startup Graveyard is a web app where people can browse failed startups, read what happened, vote, comment, and submit their own examples.
The bigger idea is to eventually make the data useful beyond just reading individual stories. I’d like people to be able to study the patterns, compare failure reasons, look at trends, and maybe pull the data in a way that helps founders, builders, students, and researchers learn from it.
The technical side has been a big learning process too. I’ve been working with Next.js, Supabase, authentication, profiles, moderation, SEO, and deployment through Vercel.
It started as a simple project to learn about web dev, deployment, and to finally see one whole idea through.
Hopefully this project inspires people to learn from others mistakes!