FameGame
The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.
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01 / WHAT IT BUILT
What the company did
FameGame was a live, interactive TV-show app for smartphones built by CrowdAmp Inc. and co-founded by chess streamer Alexandra Botez and Ruben Mayer-Hirshfeld. Pitched as reality TV on your phone, it was a gamified social engagement platform: users submitted self-shot talent videos for weekly challenges (dance, lip-syncing, and more), viewers voted for their favorites, and the top entries were featured in a live show hosted daily at 5:00 PM PT. The company went through Y Combinator's Summer 2018 batch; YC lists its status as Inactive.
02 / FAILURE REASONS
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03 / EVENT HISTORY
Events in the structured record
- Founded; Y Combinator
FameGame was founded by Alexandra Botez and Ruben Mayer-Hirshfeld and went through Y Combinator's Summer 2018 batch as a live interactive TV platform for mobile.
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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