failures

  • A desk featuring WorldCom financial documents, including a Consolidated Statement of Operations with handwritten notes questioning accounting practices next to a calculator and WorldCom binders.
    ,

    14 Bad Business Decisions That Changed American History Forever

    Discover 14 Bad Business Decisions That Changed American History Forever

    Discover 14 Bad Business Decisions That Changed American History Forever

  • A blister pack of four blue, diamond-shaped Viagra pills lies in front of its blue and white box, labeled for treatment of male erectile dysfunction, on a gray textured surface.
    ,

    14 Everyday Products That Failed Before They Got It Right

    Many everyday products that achieved massive success began with difficult starts or poor sales. Some sold poorly, some were made…

    Many everyday products that achieved massive success began with difficult starts or poor sales. Some sold poorly, some were made for the wrong job, and some were almost thrown away. Through persistence and finding new applications, their creators turned initial…

  • Two animated characters sit in a futuristic, cluttered control room with glowing screens. One is a heavyset adult in a makeshift pilot suit smiling and operating controls; the other is a boy wearing a headset, looking ahead.
    , ,

    12 of the Most Expensive Movie Failures of All Time

    In the world of Hollywood, ambition often collides with reality. Hollywood has produced some of the most spectacular box office…

    In the world of Hollywood, ambition often collides with reality. Hollywood has produced some of the most spectacular box office disasters in history, films with massive budgets that failed to recover even a fraction of their costs. The most expensive…