The Super Bowl Startup Curse Part Two: Modern Tech Companies That Rose and Collapsed

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 exposure still acts as a pressure test that fragile companies cannot survive, freezing optimistic narratives in place just before reality intervenes.
If you’re fascinated by tech history, startup collapses, crypto scandals, business psychology, and the strange patterns hiding behind major cultural events, this episode reveals why the Super Bowl remains one of the most dangerous stages in modern business.


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