Many startups fail, but some fail so spectacularly that they become forever enshrined in notoriety.

Whether it's wildcard, wannabe rock star CEOs, false advertising, or generally ridiculous ideas,

some startups are destined for an explosive demise.

Strap a pillow to your hand and prepare to face palm yourself into oblivion as we explore some of the most hilariously tragic stories of failure in startup history

you're listening to be amazed number 10 clinkle before apple pay and Google Number 10.

Clinkle.

Before Apple Pay and Google Wallet became the pervasive forces they are today,

a promising app seemed likely to take the newfound mobile payments market by storm.

Clinkle, founded by Lucas Duplin in 2011,

once enjoyed investments from the likes of Richard Branson,

and raised 25 million in a matter of three months.

The extent of their confidence that Klingle would eventually make paper money obsolete

was demonstrated in a leaked photo showing Duplin and Branson burning piles of fake money.

But this confidence came long before the final product was ready,

and it would be three years before a restricted access version was released at college students.

To make matters worse, the app barely worked, and other services like Venmo and Apple Pay were

rapidly taking over the market. All that high blood and nothing more than a rapid spinning spree

in an effort to get things on the ground. And employees hype led to nothing more than a rapid spinning spree in an effort

to get things off the ground. And employees began to quit in mass and protest of their unreliable

CEO.

2015 saw Klinkle's eventual demise mere months after the publicly available version finally launched.

It seems fate isn't a big fan of obnoxious overconfidence.

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