Poliana
The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.
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01 / WHAT IT BUILT
What the company did
Poliana was a US analytics startup founded in 2013 by Grayson Carroll, Patrick Cason, Seth Whiting and Shawn Whiting. Its aim was to bring order to the American political system, building data products for politics through a web app.
02 / Poliana FAILURE REASONS
Failure reasons
Poliana suffered from low market demand for its political data products. The team cycled through three different business models, but none generated enough revenue, and the company ran out of funds and shut down in 2015.
03 / EVENT HISTORY
Events in the structured record
- Founded
Poliana was founded to bring order to the US political system with data and analytics products.
- Shut down
After low market demand and three unsuccessful business models, Poliana ran out of funds and closed.
04 / CONTEMPORARY REBUILD ASSESSMENT
Difficulty of rebuilding this project today
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Overall assessment: Not completed
05 / CAUSAL CHAIN / AFTERMATH
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