How a Startup got Killed in only 4 Hours


According to  " I hate activist journalism. But last week, I was responsible for the death of a startup. It was probably the fastest death in the history of the tech industry: four hours from launch to deadpool, by my reckoning."

A Startup called Personalpaper.me  launched last Thursday, promising the ability to print out those long articles you’d never get to on Instapaper or Pocket, package them up as a beautifully designed physical newspaper, and mail it to you, for just $2 per issue.

The problem of this Startup was copyright infringement, unauthorised republication and illicit distribution on an industrial scale. Which means that it's entire business model is based on theft.

Once he started approaching the company, everyone who was involved started denying any connection between them and  personalpaper.me.

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