Businesses don’t last forever.
I come from the newspaper business, where I worked for papers that boasted of roots in the 19th Century and visited a Digital First newsroom that traced its lineage to Benjamin Franklin.
In that context, you might think of Homicide Watch DC as a failure when founders Laura and Chris Amico announced its closing last week:
I think of Homicide Watch as a success story and will continue to cite it in classes and workshops where I discuss media entrepreneurship.
Here are some ways Homicide Watch succeeded: (more…)