Inside Story of Clinkle

Can a startup wunderkind save his startup, Clinkle?

This picture of Clinkle's team was taken in July 2013. Everyone with an "X" is no longer at the company. Clinkle's CEO Lucas Duplan is in the center, hoisted up by his employees. This photo has been adapted by Michael Nudelman. The original was taken by Jason Henry for WSJ. The week after Thanksgiving, 40 Clinkle employees gathered in the kitchen of their San Francisco office. It was the second time in two days they’d been called together for an all-hands meeting. At the front of the room stood 22-year-old Clinkle CEO Lucas Duplan, eyes cast down. Next to him stood Barry McCarthy,…

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