Tag: Have you ever had to mercy-kill an ailing venture? Did you share your hard-earned lesson
Knowing when to call it quits. Barkles breaks the news with a remarkable email....
Last week, I was surprised to receive this linked email from Barkles, an online debating platform. The startup, barely a year old, was calling it quits. I suppose that's not so unusual. The mortality rate for start ups in Australia has always been high. What was unusual, however, was the candid nature that the Barkles founders, Diesel Laws and Jay Whiting, approached their sad news.
