deadpool
verb1
Business Ambitransitive, Informal Of a company or project, to fail, to shut down, or to go bankrupt.
- After burning through $10.5 million in capital that was raised over the three years of its operation, and unable to generate enough revenue to keep the website afloat, the company began looking for a new buyer. Judy's Book was deadpooled in October 2007.[2011?], “Judy's Book”, in The Social Networking Handbook: Everything You Need to Know about Social Networking, [United States?]: [Tebbo], →ISBN, page 633:
- The lbs market is evolving so rapidly that some well-known names (Gowalla, Brightkite, Babbleville) have already gone under—“deadpooled” is the industry term—or been acquired (such as Loopt, which prepaid card specialist Green Dot will use to enter the mobile wallet business).2013, Richard D. Easton, Eric F. Frazier, “Where Are We? gps and gnss Today”, in GPS Declassified: From Smart Bombs to Smartphones, Lincoln, Neb.: Potomac Books, →ISBN:
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- Although the influx of start-ups was relatively higher previously, many start-ups have deadpooled too.2023 July 31, “Web3 start-ups’ growth stalls amid regulatory uncertainty”, in Businessline, Chennai, Tamil Nadu: The Hindu Group, →ISSN, →OCLC: