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We interview founders and employees of failed startups to get a picture of what led to the startup’s failure and other valuable lessons. Music from https://filmmusic.io "Nowhere Land" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

11/25/2019

Crashpad: Gary Coventry, Former Head of Product Dev and Innovation at MELA Sciences

This week we speak to Gary Coventry, former Head of Product Development and Innovation at MELA Sciences, a biotech firm centered around melanoma detection that received millions in funding and even IPOed. Unfortunately, they eventually fell into a downward spiral and was forced to rebrand. Listen to the story of the downward spiral of MELA in this episode.

37 min
11/05/2019

Crashpad: Tom Gellatly, the First Employee at Sidecar

This week we speak to Tom Gellatly, the first employee at Sidecar, the first peer-to-peer ride-sharing app! Sidecar operated from 2011 to 2015, and competed directly with Uber and Lyft, but did not reach the same degree of success. Tom was at Sidecar from its inception till its sale to General Motors, presiding as its Director of Mobile Technologies. Listen to the story of the rise and eventual demise of Sidecar in this episode.

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We interview founders and employees of failed startups to get a picture of what led to the startup’s failure and other valuable lessons. Music from https://filmmusic.io "Nowhere Land" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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Crashpad: Gary Coventry, Former Head of Product Dev and Innovation at MELA Sciences

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