I guess those falling under #Win are too busy growing/spending (the later applies to exits :)) and those under #Fail are too disappointed/dejected to post here.
If you don't mind something that has neither Won nor Failed yet, here goes:
Launched about 10 months ago. Have been at it since then (using a goodish number of people I employ), pumping in cash/time/effort etc.
Still working largely on back-end, but it seems to be gaining at least a small (and growing) user base slowly. Started averaging 5k unique visitors/day since the beginning of this year/month.
Thank you for sharing! I should have mentioned 'midway' or 'undecided' to the list as well. Duhh.
Its kinda topical what you are trying to do. If you see the Summify exit and the News.me uptake afterwards, it seems you are in a hotish space.
I would think that your landing page needs a UX/IA review. The onboarding process should be super easy in this case and instead of giving me a form to start with, you would be better off pre-loading relevant/contextual content.
If you don't mind something that has neither Won nor Failed yet, here goes:
http://GetLocalNe.ws (my self-funded startup).
Launched about 10 months ago. Have been at it since then (using a goodish number of people I employ), pumping in cash/time/effort etc.
Still working largely on back-end, but it seems to be gaining at least a small (and growing) user base slowly. Started averaging 5k unique visitors/day since the beginning of this year/month.
Will keep at it through 2012. :)