The Super Bowl Startup Curse Part Two: Modern Tech Companies That Rose and Collapsed
Published: January 30, 2026
Duration: 8:06
The dot-com bubble wasn’t the end of Super Bowl advertising disasters—it was only the beginning.
In Part Two of The Super Bowl Startup Curse, host Amy investigates modern tech companies that followed the same dangerous path as their dot-com predecessors. From Quibi’s billion-dollar streaming failure to crypto companies like FTX collapsing under the weight of their own Super Bowl confidence, this episode explores how visibility continues to outpace viability in the startup world.
This episode dives deep into venture capital culture, celebrity endorsements, crypto hype, metaverse ambitions, and pandemic-era overconfidence. It examines why massive Super Bowl e...
In Part Two of The Super Bowl Startup Curse, host Amy investigates modern tech companies that followed the same dangerous path as their dot-com predecessors. From Quibi’s billion-dollar streaming failure to crypto companies like FTX collapsing under the weight of their own Super Bowl confidence, this episode explores how visibility continues to outpace viability in the startup world.
This episode dives deep into venture capital culture, celebrity endorsements, crypto hype, metaverse ambitions, and pandemic-era overconfidence. It examines why massive Super Bowl e...