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GIG made the car optional. Until it disappeared.
AAA’s one-way car-sharing service let people borrow a Prius and leave it across town. Its seven-year run reveals how much work goes into making a car feel effortless.
Hitwise saw where everyone went next
Your website tells you who arrived. Hitwise asked where else they went. That wider view built a market for competitive intelligence - and exposed the risk of depending on someone else’s data.
BlogTalkRadio gave everyone a radio station. The telephone was the trick.
A phone call became a live show, then a podcast. BlogTalkRadio made broadcasting approachable - and its January 2025 closure exposed how much a creator can leave inside somebody else’s platform.
( iii ) DESIGN put its town in the picture
A snack-bar startup, a college bond website, a procession of downtown banners. For more than 15 years, this San Luis Obispo studio gave local ideas a public face.
Thompson Design Group knew the shelf was the real test
A wine-estate dome, a familiar white cat, and an almond label with a printing problem. Inside the work of the San Francisco studio that closed in 2019, leaving a useful education in how packaging earns its place.
Accelerate Agency closed. The retainer lesson lives on.
The Bristol SaaS SEO specialist turned scattered projects into longer client relationships. Its rise and 2025 closure offer a useful lesson in what agencies sell, what clients buy, and what a traffic chart leaves out.