Paper Exchange - Failure Museum

PaperExchange

PaperExchange, founded in 1998 with an unsuccessful IPO attempt in 2000, was a B2B marketplace for the pulp and paper industry. More than 1,000 such B2B marketplaces for products that ranged from commodities such as lumber to specialized compon ...

Beepi - Failure Museum

Beepi

In 2016, Beepi, a used-car marketplace, shut down after having raised $149 million. It's challenges included burning too much money ($7 million a month) before they were at product/market fit, slowness in getting buyers the title and registration f ...