Startup farewell party leaves a mess at Dolores Park

We're really sorry about the mess at Dolores. Thanks for letting us know. We are cleaning up right now. #lovedolores pic.twitter.com/ACbyArMGin — Twice (@twice) July 23, 2015

#Startuplife turned ugly at Dolores Park on Wednesday when secondhand clothing company Twice didn't pick up its trash after a farewell party.

When eBay acquired Twice this week, the larger company hired 10 full-time employees from the San Francisco startup, which had employed a full-time team of 40. The remaining full-time workers and an hourly team of 200 were laid off, according to CEO Noah Ready-Campbell.

The company held its farewell party at Dolores Park on Wednesday. Attendees stayed out until about 9 p.m., according to Ready-Campbell. Twice CTO Calvin Young captured the scene with an Instagram captioned "Post party aftermath @ #dolorespark #pbr #startuplife." His account has since been made private.

It was the aftermath of that aftermath that led a tipster to SF Weekly, which broke the news on Thursday afternoon.

"We had a bunch of folks clean it up, but it was dark out and honestly it looked pretty clean," Ready-Campbell told SFGate. "It was our mistake to not go back this morning and double check."

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The company did not realize it had left a mess until around 3 p.m. on Thursday, Ready-Campbell said. He and Young returned to the park continue the cleanup. They're shown in a tweet from the company, embedded above.

Ready-Campbell is in the red on the left, Young is on the right.

Founded in January 2012, Twice had raised more than $23 million in venture funding from investors like Andreessen Horowitz, IA Ventures, Felicis Ventures and SV Angel. It sold handbags, shoes and clothing for men and women.

Dolores Park has endured several hangovers of its own from partiers this year. The morning after the Fourth of July, the park was covered in trash. Partiers clashed with San Francisco park patrol officers in the park earlier this year after officers told them to pick up trash and warned one that he'd get a ticket if he lit a cigarette in the park.