So I have had many failed ventures, and I have had none that succeeded.
Do I still list them on my common app since majority of my time and extra-curriculars were centered around these failed remote-working startups?
Does it show that I keep on trying despite failing?
That is faint praise that you keep trying, but have always failed. If you had mixed results, it would make more sense. As it is, it sort of puts your judgement in question. Did you have any partial success?
…I literally just asked if I should list it because parents have told me to still list it. Why is everyone on CC so judgemental.
@theivyleague Lose the attitude. Intparent gave a very helpful unbiased response, it just seems like it wasn’t what you wanted to hear. I agree, several failed ventures isn’t something worthy of note. Mixed results is different.
Well, you asked for a judgment, so…
That said, how many startups are we talking here? If you’re traditional age, you haven’t had the chance to start up tons and bunches of companies, right?
All work is done remotely. I was with a tech group and for two months where I was COO but quit to work on my app company. My app company is probably my onyl successful venture. We have 2m downlaods and Seed A funding of 1.2m. This is remote too. And my first venture in which I got fired 6 months into is now evaluated at 800m… 
Do I list this? I was COO
You don’t have to list that you were fired. You got involved in one venture, left it to work on other opportunities (if there were “creative differences” involved that’s nobody’s business), one of which has apparently been successful; meanwhile your first venture also became successful. Whether you were partly responsible for the success of the first venture is irrelevant. It sounds like you have been associated with a total of 3 ventures, 2 of which have had some success. Many successful resumes on LinkedIn have been built out of less.
You were COO of a company that is now worth almost $1b dollars? Your subsequent app company already has 2m downloads and seed funding of $1.2m and you are asking if you should be talking about your failures? I think you should just stop asking for advice about your world class running times (without training) and incredible business ventures and just send your app in and see what happens. You don’t seem to need a bunch of advice from strangers on the Internet.
Good luck with everything!
Actually, the industry doesn’t discriminate much in terms of “failed” or not. To some degree, it’s all experience, so the proper thing to do would be to put it down.
In the same vein, with so many people making claims about what their relative contributions to “startups” were or are, the exact nature of what happened, including the circumstances of your separation/firing would be germane. There would be no point in attempting to spin or sugarcoat it.