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What to do with code once startup has failed?

6 points by utvara ↗ HN
I am an ex CTO in a failed startup. As any geek I still have feelings for the darn thing, and I have no clue what to do with the code...

Software in question is real time news analytic SAAS written in nodeJS and mongoDB.

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fosk
Choose a good license and open source it on GitHub or somewhere else. If your company failed that doesn't mean somebody else can find your product interesting and use it. There's a possibility that your product can be improved and, who knows, eventually released again for commercial use (if the license permits it).
jerfelix
I had a similar situation, with a functioning website with no revenue, and sold it on flippa.com. Didn't come close to recovering my investment, but it was in 4-figures.
petervandijck
1. Try to sell it on flippa.

2. Failing that, put it on github, with a note that says "unsupported". (open source) It can help for future job interviews.

3. Delete from your local machine and move on with your life.