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Startup Failures in 1999

2 startup autopsies for 1999. Which startups died in 1999 and exactly why.

2 autopsies · newest deaths first

Iridium (Original)

saasUSA1999

$5 billion, 66 satellites, $7/minute calls — a technically perfect solution to a problem that had already been solved.

Bankruptcy

Iridium Satellite (Original)

hardwareUSA1999

Motorola's $5B satellite phone network that launched 66 satellites — then filed for bankruptcy 9 months after launch with fewer than 50,000 subscribers

Sudden Collapse

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