I'm still in the fun, divergence (i.e. procrastinating) phase of my Write of Passage essay on @levelsio and I came across this wonderful article on how he researches new ideas: levels.io/startup-retrea…
In this 2015 article, he researches 6 remote work retreat places/services. I thought it'd be interesting to revisit each of them and see how they are doing in 2022. Here's what I found bit.ly/3haA0TR 
4 of the 6 remote retreats are gone. 1 has pivoted to be a co-working space. 1 remains. This is a startling reminder that most ventures fail (or at least have very short lifespans)! And really reinforces @dvassallo's ideas behind small bets dvassallo.gumroad.com/l/small-bets
The ☝🏼surviving site is also instructive. It wasn't really a remote retreat but appears more like a travel service facilitating remote work. It had a unique value proposition and the huge increase in remote work surely helped remoteyear.com
Not suprisingly, given the failures of those he surveyed, @levelsio's own startupretreats.com now also just redirects to his far more successful nomadlist.com
Expect things to fail, try many things, think of the journey as the reward and live the Good Heist 🥰 chaolam.substack.com/p/the-good-hei…
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