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title: 'Farewell, Clickety'
date: '2021-08-31T10:01:23-07:00'
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  - IgnitePortland
  - Oregon
  - Startups
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  - clickety
  - 'luke kanies'
  - 'shutting down'
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# Farewell, Clickety

As much as I hate to see startups shut down, I always appreciate when it’s for the right reasons. And while I’ll miss using [Clickety](https://clickety.app/) — which enabled and empowered me to organize and make sense of the massive pile of dots I’ve collected and connected over the years — I’m heartened that the [end of the company is the best course of action for the folks involved](https://clickety.app/blog/farewell/).

<https://twitter.com/clickety/status/1432725604110110722>

> We are incredibly proud of what we’ve built. We’ll miss using it ourselves. And we’re as convinced as ever that what we were building – a powerful tool to help people whose jobs are built around people work – is still needed. But we aren’t able to continue our efforts.
> 
> It sucks to close down. But we are prioritizing the health of our team members, which is the right choice, even if it’s sad, difficult, and a little scary.

Startups are always difficult. And risky. Building them in the midst of a global pandemic makes them even harder. These past two years have been a lot. For all of us.

Farewell, Clickety. And may the team fare well — and in good health — in their next efforts.

For more, see the [Clickety blog post](https://clickety.app/blog/farewell/).