Teevox
The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.
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01 / WHAT IT BUILT
What the company did
Teevox was a Y Combinator startup (S10, Cupertino) building 'eSports Super TV' — a service that let viewers watch three esports streams at once in a magical multi-stream experience. It was run as a one-person venture.
02 / Teevox FAILURE REASONS
Failure reasons
After strong growth through 2011, Teevox faltered in 2012: seven months of stagnation and decline. The scene had become crowded with Teevox-like products all competing for a fraction of a tiny esports viewership, and other product-line attempts came up short. The founder — hemorrhaging money and demoralized by the downward trend — discontinued Teevox in late 2012, concluding it could never become self-sustainable. He relaunched a sleeker Teevox in 2016, but it too eventually died.
03 / EVENT HISTORY
Events in the structured record
- Founded
Teevox is founded in Cupertino and joins Y Combinator's Summer 2010 batch, building multi-stream esports viewing.
- Discontinued
After seven months of stagnation, the founder discontinues Teevox in late 2012.
- Relaunch and final death
The founder relaunches a rebuilt Teevox for the growing esports era; it too eventually dies (YCDB marks it Dead).
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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