Right idea. Wrong delivery.
Webvan saw a world where groceries came to your door. The hard part was making the journey pay.
Webvan · 2 min read↗
THE WEEKLY READ FOR CURIOUS FOUNDERSA FRESH LOOK AT OLD IDEAS
Ideas are like people,
some SHINE, some don’t.
Stories of startups that soared, stumbled, or disappeared.
What happened. What we can learn. What could come next.
01 / THE FEATURED STORY↗
The giant tire that found its own road.
Giant tires. Soft ground. An idea that found a lasting niche. What can Rolligon teach founders about solving a problem for a very specific customer?
Unpack the story ↗ROLLIGONOff-road transport · 6 min read
THE ARCHIVE OF WHAT COULD BE
Explore all stories ↗Every ending has a lesson.
Some ideas keep ticking.
A smartwatch, a devoted community, and a second life for an idea that refused to disappear.
Pebble · 2 min read↗
The side project was the spark.
Sometimes the useful business is hiding inside the thing you are trying to build.
Slack · 2 min read↗
A failed company isn’t always
a failed idea.
Sometimes it’s timing. Sometimes it’s execution. Sometimes the lesson is to leave it parked. We revisit the evidence, question the easy explanations, and ask what a founder could try differently.
The idea behind IdeaSparked ↗Good stories deserve a future, too. Help keep IdeaSparked independent and open to everyone.
Keep the spark alive ↗