#gone-too-soon
Turn digital history into your next successful startup. Gone Too Soon is a searchable directory of defunct digital products — apps and services that were acquired, sunset, or simply faded away. Each shutdown is cataloged with category, acquirer, acquisition price, and shutdown year so founders, researchers, and nostalgia-seekers can mine the graveyard for ideas worth resurrecting.
###What it offers
- Browseable catalog of ~168 acquired-and-shut-down products (Aardvark through tbh)
- Per-entry detail: logo, category, short description, acquirer, acquisition price, shutdown year
- Category filter dropdown — Social Media, Productivity, Communication, etc.
- "Acquired By" filter to slice by acquiring company
- Shutdown Year range slider (2010–2023) and Acquisition Price range slider ($0M–$1B)
- Grid / List view toggle plus Apply / Reset filter controls
- Public submission form at
/submitfor adding missing startups - Each entry highlights shutdown reasons and key features for would-be revivers
###Headliners in the directory
Vine · Mixer · Broadcast.com ($5.7B → Yahoo, 2002) · Google Reader · Skype · Dark Sky · Wunderlist · Google+ · Periscope · Rdio · Delicious · StumbleUpon · Path · Grooveshark · Dodgeball · Mailbox · Sparrow · Pebble · Nest Labs.
##Submit a missing startup#
Submissions are open at gonetoosoon.madebyjames.app/submit. Required fields: app name, category, acquirer, shutdown year, short description (200 char max), shutdown reasons, key features, your email. Optional: acquisition price, launch year, peak users, original URL, longer Markdown description, founders, logo URL, screenshots.