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Snapjoy

The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.

Founded2011
Event year2012
Cash burnedUS$500K
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Sections to complete:02

01 / WHAT IT BUILT

What the company did

Snapjoy gathered photos from devices and online services into a single cloud library.

02 / FAILURE REASONS

Pending assessment

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03 / EVENT HISTORY

Events in the structured record

  1. Acquired by Dropbox

    Dropbox acquired Snapjoy in December; new registrations stopped.

  2. Service closure announced

    On 22 June closure was confirmed through the company’s blog and user emails, with about a month provided for photo downloads.

04 / CONTEMPORARY REBUILD ASSESSMENT

Difficulty of rebuilding this project today

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Rebuild difficultyPending assessmentNot completed
Scoring basisNot completed
ScalabilityPending assessmentNot completed
Scoring basisNot completed

Overall assessment: Not completed

05 / CAUSAL CHAIN

How the factors connect

  1. 01

    Acquired by Dropbox, announced December 19, 2012.

  2. 02

    Shutdown announced June 22, 2013; service wound down by July 24, 2013.

  3. 03

    No reliable company-level loss figure disclosed.