She could take a look at the most hyped startups of 2008 (when the book was published) and see where they are now. Most will probably have failed by now, and there will be some interesting stories there!
She could also focus specifically on YC companies and their success and/or failure stories.
As I sit here wearing a Pebble watch, I'd certainly like to know more about that collapse.
Perhaps. Although you could apply something like matching techniques [1] to find startups comparable to the big successes.