“Most startups fail” is important to keep in mind here, and I now realize my previous comment implied more focus on why MetaMed specifically failed than is warranted. I still stand by the “build a rocket” analogy, but it should be applied broadly, and not just to the highest-profile projects (and not just to projects that actually materialized enough to fail).
Is there some sort of list of Craft-and-Community-relevant projects that have been attempted since 2009, besides just the meetup groups? If not, should there be one?
“Most startups fail” is important to keep in mind here, and I now realize my previous comment implied more focus on why MetaMed specifically failed than is warranted. I still stand by the “build a rocket” analogy, but it should be applied broadly, and not just to the highest-profile projects (and not just to projects that actually materialized enough to fail).
Is there some sort of list of Craft-and-Community-relevant projects that have been attempted since 2009, besides just the meetup groups? If not, should there be one?
Why yes, there should be such a list; I don’t know of any existing one.
There is now a map and a preregistration database.