“It’s good to learn from your mistakes. It’s better to learn from other people’s mistakes.” – Warren Buffett
The history of big business is littered with more wreckage than the Bermuda Triangle.
Miscommunications, bad mergers, regulatory violations, product failures, reputational blowups and outrageous frauds have sunk more companies that most of us can remember. But great business minds will remember all of these failures as cautionary tales.
Learn from the deals gone bad, the launches that flopped, and the multibillion-dollar mishaps that have cost companies and careers dearly.
Click here for a free compendium of the biggest blunders in corporate history, many of which still reverberate through the news cycle to this day.
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Don’t Miss These Blunders
Timeshare Prison This week In Blunders – Aug. 17-23
Instant Ponzi – Just Add Water This Week In Blunders – Aug. 10-16
Doing That Shuffle A former JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs executive raised $4.3 million to start a blockchain gambling app. Then he allegedly blew his seed money in another online casino.
Kwon Don’t Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon never planned on failure. Now he's headed to prison after pleading guilty to a $40 billion crypto fraud.
Sub Moron This Week In Blunders – Aug. 3-9
Near Intelligence On Epstein Island This company tagged everyone who came and went to the infamous pedophile paradise. Now, its top executives are charged in an unrelated accounting fraud.
Stop Counting! Stop Counting! This Week In Blunders – 27- Aug. 2
The Gods Or Money? A new book, "The Almightier," pulls back the temple curtains and reveals what mankind really worships
Break It ‘Til You Make It Big money investors fell prey to a fashion industry fairy tale
Making A List, Checking It Twice The '30 Under 30 Curse' is an enduring embarrassment for business news publications
The Empress’s New Clothes Big money investors fell prey to a fashion industry fairy tale
Just Smile And Wave This Week In Blunders – July 13-19
Make The Competition Disappear A bid-rigging indictment calls foul on Tim Leiweke, a long-respected sports arena developer
Better To Be An Ex-CEO Than An X CEO This Week In Blunders – July 6-12
Slipping Away From Prosecutors The Volkswagen CEO who lorded over "Dieselgate" defers consequences with a happy accident
15 Tales Of Lost Ponzi Riches Swindlers can steal billions because investors won't learn from history. Here's a ranking of America's top Ponzi schemers.
You must be waiting for the 10% stake in Intel to pan out...;-)