Quad
The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.
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01 / WHAT IT BUILT
What the company did
Quad was a large group-chat app for college students, developed by Appsurdity (the company behind voice app Dubbler). Launched publicly on November 25, 2013, it let up to 500 people communicate in a real-time, thread-organized mobile environment - positioned as a 'college-sized' alternative to email lists and Facebook groups. Within 10 weeks it was used at more than 2,500 of America's 4,500 colleges by student organizations, clubs, study groups and academic departments. Co-founder: Matthew Murphy.
02 / FAILURE REASONS
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03 / EVENT HISTORY
Events in the structured record
- Founded (record)
Record lists founded year 2011; public launch of Quad came in 2013.
- Public launch
On November 25, 2013, Quad launched publicly as the first large group-chat app for college students, reaching 2,500+ colleges within 10 weeks.
- Event (record)
The record marks a 2014 event, but no independently confirmed closure or failure account for Quad in 2014 was found.
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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