Comments on: Zombie Startups https://www.daniellemorrill.com/2013/03/zombie-startups/ I can see the future, because I live in it today. Mon, 27 May 2024 01:16:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Persistence Vs. Zombie Startups – springgreen-mouse-341722.hostingersite.com https://www.daniellemorrill.com/2013/03/zombie-startups/comment-page-3/#comment-41535 Mon, 27 May 2024 01:16:27 +0000 http://www.daniellemorrill.com/?p=3074#comment-41535 […] post was provoked/inspired by Danielle Morrill’s post on Zombie Startups but it’s also something that’s been on my mind for a while. Eric Ries talks about […]

]]> By: Budget-Friendly Marketing Tips for Startups | Benjamin David Group https://www.daniellemorrill.com/2013/03/zombie-startups/comment-page-3/#comment-25719 Tue, 23 Jan 2018 03:28:05 +0000 http://www.daniellemorrill.com/?p=3074#comment-25719 […] 2013, Danielle Morrill, the Founder & CEO of Mattermark, published a blog in which she coined the term “zombie startup.” The term refers to this scenario: After […]

]]> By: The (Bad) Advice You’ll get as a Minority Startup Founder – Gosier Holdings https://www.daniellemorrill.com/2013/03/zombie-startups/comment-page-3/#comment-25714 Mon, 06 Nov 2017 17:48:45 +0000 http://www.daniellemorrill.com/?p=3074#comment-25714 company. Which means you get your first few rounds of institutional capital but then you are never able to find an exit. You’ve still got great revenue and great staff but all your investors money is still tied up in your business because maybe you’re still to small to sell or go public. Again, it depends on where you come from. Some people would kill for this as an opportunity. For others, it’s literally their worst nightmare. […]]]> […] – You could become a ‘zombie’ company. Which means you get your first few rounds of institutional capital but then you are never able to find an exit. You’ve still got great revenue and great staff but all your investors money is still tied up in your business because maybe you’re still to small to sell or go public. Again, it depends on where you come from. Some people would kill for this as an opportunity. For others, it’s literally their worst nightmare. […]

]]> By: Paul Towers https://www.daniellemorrill.com/2013/03/zombie-startups/comment-page-3/#comment-25666 Tue, 14 Mar 2017 12:54:00 +0000 http://www.daniellemorrill.com/?p=3074#comment-25666 t get the opportunity to start again. I thought you or your readers might like to take a look http://blog.taskpigeon.co/startup-founder-fear/]]> Hi Danielle

Great post. I know it was written a while now, but there are some great insights and learnings from what you wrote.

I have been inspired by a number of Founders and startups to be transparent about my own startup journey. I actually recently wrote a post where I highlight that my greatest fear as a startup founder is not that I fail. It is that I won’t get the opportunity to start again.

I thought you or your readers might like to take a look http://blog.taskpigeon.co/startup-founder-fear/

]]> By: My Cofounder Said “I love what we’re doing” And We Shut Down Our Startup - TechStory https://www.daniellemorrill.com/2013/03/zombie-startups/comment-page-3/#comment-25634 Wed, 17 Aug 2016 01:08:21 +0000 http://www.daniellemorrill.com/?p=3074#comment-25634 t on a path to either become profitable or be in a […]]]> […] executive team to discuss the situation at hand: that despite having a growing revenue, we were a zombie startup. We had 18 months of runway, but weren’t on a path to either become profitable or be in a […]

]]> By: Zombie Factories – StartupNorth https://www.daniellemorrill.com/2013/03/zombie-startups/comment-page-3/#comment-25548 Thu, 27 Aug 2015 13:58:15 +0000 http://www.daniellemorrill.com/?p=3074#comment-25548 […] 2013 Danielle Morrill wrote Zombie Startups and the gem is stuck in the middle, which I just noticed called out in this post […]

]]> By: Is your startup a zombie? These metrics and behaviors will tell you | A Founder's Notebook https://www.daniellemorrill.com/2013/03/zombie-startups/comment-page-2/#comment-25547 Wed, 26 Aug 2015 11:02:06 +0000 http://www.daniellemorrill.com/?p=3074#comment-25547 […] excerpt from Zombie Startups by Danielle […]

]]> By: The Creative Destruction of the Publishing Start-Up Sector | Publishing Technology https://www.daniellemorrill.com/2013/03/zombie-startups/comment-page-2/#comment-25472 Fri, 30 Jan 2015 10:21:31 +0000 http://www.daniellemorrill.com/?p=3074#comment-25472 […] you’re interested in what the term ‘zombie start-up’ means, I recommend you read this blog by Danielle Morrill which gives an excellent checklist. There were many reasons why Bardowl and Blinkbox Books they didn’t turn out to be viable […]

]]> By: Kenneth Trueman https://www.daniellemorrill.com/2013/03/zombie-startups/comment-page-2/#comment-25436 Thu, 27 Nov 2014 03:40:00 +0000 http://www.daniellemorrill.com/?p=3074#comment-25436 There are no bonus points for working for a zombie start-up and I have lost count at how many I have worked for. Something about “we learn from our failures as much as our successes” keeps me warm at night in the snow, when the wind blows. Thanks for this article though.

]]> By: 5 Brutal Realities of Being A Founder https://www.daniellemorrill.com/2013/03/zombie-startups/comment-page-2/#comment-25011 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 02:59:03 +0000 http://www.daniellemorrill.com/?p=3074#comment-25011 […] eloquent post-mortem blog post dissecting the events leading up to destruction or implosion or a zombie-like-state-of-mouth-breathing-and-glass-eyed-eternity doesn't do the true pain, fear, and self-disappointment justice. It is immensely personal. And it […]

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