[TulliusCicero]

> So most funded startups are just shutting down after 12 - 18 months with the investors losing all their money.

Hasn't this been true since startups existed? Most startups fail, everyone knows that.

[Alex3917]

> Hasn't this been true since startups existed? Most startups fail, everyone knows that.

I think what's new is the string of high-profile companies who have raised lots of money, released a product, and then shut down only a few months later. (Peach, Meerkat, Talkshow, etc.)

[mtl_usr]

And the Juicero effect.