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dot com code tech news not every startup collapse is an FTS or

tharinos they don't all burn so brightly and F. TX or Therinos.

They don't all burn so brightly and explode so spectacularly.

More often than not, there won't be some high profile court case and prison time.

Amanda Seyfreat isn't going to play you in the maid for Hulu movie.

The story of most startup failures is far less exciting.

The timing isn't right, funding dries up, run

out. Of late, a lot of macroeconomic factors have come into play as well.

These past few years have been especially brutal for startup land.

According to a recent pitchbook survey,

approximately 3,200 private venture-backed US companies

have gone out of business this year.

So before we move on and into the new year, let's take a moment to remember some of the

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