• vortic@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    I wonder how this compares the the number of businesses that existed in 2013 that no longer exist. I wonder for two reasons:

    • Is 38% similar to the typical rate of failure for businesses and other ventures?
    • How much of the 38% can be explained by closure of high-risk businesses like restaurants?

    Something else that could explain a lot of it is webpages that were always intended to be ephemeral. Political campaign websites for instance.

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      7 months ago

      Also… I once created hellblade.com. We sold gaming computers with cases that changed colour with heat in the UK. Was a total disaster. Now it’s some big game franchise. Wish I’d kept the domain.