In 1999, when hardly anyone in India transacted on the Internet, K. Vaitheeswaran co-founded India’s first e-commerce company. Yet, years later, when e-commerce was exploding in India—despite enjoying first-mover advantage—Indiaplaza shut down. What went wrong? Lack of funding? Wrong strategies? Or was it ‘something else’?For the first time ever, Vaitheeswaran reveals that it was indeed something else—a set of inexplicable events that destroyed what could have been a profitable business (an extreme rarity among technology start-ups). Failing to Succeed delves deep into the dark side of starting up and its myriad pitfalls. It bares teh eriters extraordinary trials and tribulations while dealing with business failure and the impossible pressures that can threaten entrepreneurs in India.