From Glory to Ruin: The Shocking Mistakes That Toppled 26 Major Companies Overnight
I still laugh about tumblr’s decision to ban all adult content on their website…which was like 95% of their active user base.
“Our office is returning to in office 5 days a week to scare off talented introverts and attract psychopaths” -lots of companies with job posts today.
Delivering ‘shareholder value’. Boeing, Intel, Blizzard and Ubisoft to name a few. Companies need to deliver value for their customers instead, the shares and dividends will follow.
TVs in a quiet restaurant.
I can understand TVs in a sports bar, but for the love of spaghetti, leave them OUT of the restaurants!
I used to carry a [TV B Gone](https://www.tvbgone.com/cfe_tvbg_main.php) until people started getting wise and disabled the remote input.
At one restaurant, on a date, there was music and conversation, and the TV in the corner droned along as everyone tried to ignore it. Then one guy got up and unplugged it, and the whole restaurant clapped!
Nokia embarking with Windows for their smartphones
Microsoft ruining everything they touched in order to get cool: Skype, Skype for Business, Hotmail, IE6, OneDrive, aQuantive, Danger Inc., Band, Bing, Bob, Groove Music, Cortana Speakers, Zune and so many others.
1) Sears saying they wouldn’t take Visa or Mastercard, only Discover. Never shopped there again.
Susan G Komen hired Karen Handel after her failed bid for GA gov on an anti abortion platform. Karen convinced the founder that defunding Planned Parenthood mammograms would increase donations from the right.
They didn’t realize how many of their donors were not conservatives. Massive PR debacle and wave of donors asking for refunds.
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