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Why Smart People, Executives and Companies Do Dumb Things

fail92fail wrote 3 months ago: I am a big fan of Guy Kawasaki (and his blog), having recently purchased and consumed his last book … more →

Tags: leadership and strategy failures, personal failures, Business, Failure, guy kawasaki, reality check, Sydney Finkelstein, why smart companies do dumb things, "Why Smart Executives Fail"

Creating Opportunities From Failures

gailforce33 wrote 4 months ago: I recently received this and thought it was worth sharing… Creating Opportunities From Failure … more →

Tags: Gail Lynn, G Force Consulting, Opportunities, New Economy

Indian moustaches face the chop

Arani wrote 5 months ago: The Great Indian Moustache Tradition is under threat and well on its way to extinction, says Richard … more →

Tags: India, Moustaches

Seven Virtues of Failure1 comment

fail92fail wrote 5 months ago: Another excellent article (below) about virtues of business/entrepreneurial failure. I believe that … more →

Tags: entrepreneurial failures, leadership and strategy failures, Charity, Chastity, Diligence, Envy, Failure, gluttony, greed

The Ten Commandments for Business Failure of Mr. Coke1 comment

fail92fail wrote 5 months ago: There are not many books, which have a foreword by Warren Buffet and universal acclaim from likes of … more →

Tags: Coca-Cola, donald keough, Failure, Mr. Coke, Teh Coca-Cola Company, The Ten Commandments for Business Failure, warren buffet

Playboy pulls out slowly

Arani wrote 5 months ago: It has started shutting down offices across America, cancelled its (in)famous Super Bowl party and … more →

Tags: Playboy, Women

Failure

myofficebuzz wrote 6 months ago: There are all kinds of heroic stories about people like Hershey and Lincoln who failed repeatedly in … more →

Tags: Dealing with Failure, Communication at work, Annoying Coworkers, hershey, Lincoln, edison

Reconsidering Crafts and how that figures into the awfulness that brought about the bailouts

ellisonbaypottery wrote 7 months ago: Doing meaningful work well is what we are supposed to do.  But what about doing any work well, just … more →

Tags: farming, Meaningful Work, Craft, Art, Business, Waitress, server, Farmers, agbusiness

Auto Industry: 12-09-08 Bailout auto suppliers?

alaskakid wrote 7 months ago: Below are a few paragraphs. If a bailout is good for GM, why isn’t a bailout good for GM … more →

Tags: financial economics, financial crisis, bankruptcy, auto bailout, Supplier Bailout, Craig Fitzgerald, Plante Moran

How (and how not) Iacocca saved Chrysler2 comments

fail92fail wrote 7 months ago: The period between 1968 and 1973 was actually a very good one for the American auto sector. Yet diff … more →

Tags: leadership and strategy failures, bankruptcy, Big Three, car industry, Chrysler, Chrysler Corporation Loan Guarantee Act of 1979, corporate myths, Failure, John Riccardo

Paulson mistakes and chapter 11

fail92fail wrote 7 months ago: A brief but illuminating summary of recent blunders of Henry Paulson, an expert on the Great Depress … more →

Tags: Economic failures, leadership and strategy failures, Failure, bankruptcy, Worldcom, Henry Paulson, Merrill Lynch, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac

What's an Extra Thee or Four Million between Friends

malflic wrote 7 months ago: So the Phone rings. The world is crap, banks are sinking, car makers are arrogantly asking for bailo … more →

Tags: economic downturn, bankruptcy, recession

On Louis Gerstner and IBM1 comment

fail92fail wrote 8 months ago: A bit of historical perspective is here. Year 1993, a once-mighty behemoth IBM, a former pacesetter … more →

Tags: leadership and strategy failures, bankruptcy, Failure, IBM, luois gerstner, thomas j watson jr, turnaround, Who Says Elephants Can't Dance?

The 20 Worst Venture Capital Investments of All Time

fail92fail wrote 8 months ago: Continuing from the previous post on dotcom failures, below is the list of top 20 venture capital in … more →

Tags: technological failures, leadership and strategy failures, Failure, webvan, pets.com, kozmo.com, Ampd Mobile, procket, Caspian Networks

Top 10 dotcom flops2 comments

fail92fail wrote 8 months ago: Starting from year 1995, the world got an extra doze of anxiety. All approaches to millennia are deb … more →

Tags: leadership and strategy failures, technological failures, Amazon, DOOM, Dot.com, enron, etoys.com, Failure, flooz.com

Monitor110: whats and what nots

fail92fail wrote 8 months ago: It’s rather unusual for a founder to review, analyze and publicly write on the failure of his … more →

Tags: Failure, Monitor110, Post-mortem, roger ehrenberg

Two business failures == third business success?1 comment

fail92fail wrote 8 months ago: Dot.com bubble witnessed many young, bright and entrepreneurial spirits launch themselves into the t … more →

Tags: personal failures, Failure, Economy, Startup, entrepreneur, eric ries, recession, IMVU, lean startup

Startups failed and will continue to fail, but how fast?1 comment

fail92fail wrote 9 months ago: Current financial crisis starts showing growing signs of migrating to other industries and already c … more →

Tags: Failure, Startup, Scott Shane, costly myths, SBA, William Bygrave, business survival, small business growth, Jason Calacanis

Toymaking Is No Child's Play As Business Failures Soar1 comment

chinabystander wrote 9 months ago: Made in China toys seem ubiquitous in the West. China is the world’s largest toy exporter. But … more →

Tags: Economy, China, Toys, product safety


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