The Great Fail

By Debra Chen

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Category: Entrepreneurship

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Subscribers: 31
Reviews: 3
Episodes: 82

TD
 May 26, 2023
The stories are interesting, but the sound effects are hilariously cheesy.

Flemi
 Dec 7, 2022
very entertaining


 Apr 28, 2022

Description

The Great Fail is a true crime inspired, business podcast that examines the greatest success stories of the most prominent and prolific companies, brands, and people and what led to their demise. If you love true crime and stories of massive failures, you've come to the right place! Here we take a forensic look at stories that will irk you, shock you, and have you picking your jaw up off the floor, all while learning the oftentimes avoidable, mistakes that have ended the lives of companies and left boardrooms looking like crime scenes.

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Episode Date
Flashback: Quibi's Sunken Ship
Jun 05, 2024
Episode 67: Space Shuttle Challenger
May 23, 2024
Episode 66: Zume’s Meltdown
May 08, 2024
Episode 65: Action Park’s Final Thrill
Apr 24, 2024
Episode 64: The IN-Vince-able McMahon
Apr 09, 2024
Episode 63: Quiznos is Toast
Oct 19, 2023
Episode 62: Kittyhawk: From Moonshot to a Longshot
Oct 04, 2023
TGF Presents: Marketing Vanguard
Sep 21, 2023
Episode 61: The Wing(s) Get Clipped
Aug 17, 2023
Episode 60: Bed, Bath &…Bankrupted
Aug 02, 2023
Flashback: The DeLorean: Time Machine to Nowhere
Jul 19, 2023
Episode 59: Revlon Gets Creamed
Jul 05, 2023
Episode 58: When the Wheels Came Off for Schwinn Bicycles
Jun 21, 2023
Episode 57: The Downfall of the Mars Hill Church
Jun 07, 2023
Episode 56: FTX - From Irresistible to Criminal
May 24, 2023
Episode 55: Silicon Valley Bank: From Boom to Bust
May 10, 2023
Flashback: Adapt or Die - The Fall of Tower Records
Dec 22, 2022
Flashback: GameStop - The Big Short....Squeeze
Dec 08, 2022
Flashback: The Blockbuster Bust
Nov 18, 2022
Bonus Episode: Introducing Metaverse Marketing
Nov 03, 2022
Episode 54: LulaRoe Leggings Stretches the Law
Oct 20, 2022
Episode 53: Valeant: Death by Poison Pill
Oct 06, 2022
Bonus Episode: Introducing Home / Work
Sep 22, 2022
Episode 52: Bikram Yoga, From Super-Heated to Overheated
Sep 01, 2022
Episode 51: Why the World Unfriended MySpace
Aug 18, 2022
Episode 50: Terra: Crypto’s TERRA-ble Crash
Aug 03, 2022
Episode 49: Von Dutch, From Price Tags to Toe Tags
Jul 20, 2022
Bonus Episode: The Speed of Culture Podcast
Jul 06, 2022
Episode 48: Phar-Mor, From Savior to Misbehavior
Jun 22, 2022
Episode 47: Kmart, From Blue Light Special to Candlelight Vigil
Jun 08, 2022
Episode 46: Carrian Group Swim with the Fishes
May 25, 2022
Episode 45: How Jawbone went from Wearable to Terrible
May 11, 2022
Episode 44: Zillow Offers, From Flip to Flop
Apr 27, 2022
Special Announcement + Encore Episode: MoviePass Roll the Credits
Apr 13, 2022
Episode 43: Ayds Gets a Trim Down
Mar 30, 2022
Episode 42: Circuit City: Electronic Retail Giant Short-Circuits
Mar 16, 2022
Episode 41: Ctrl+Alt+Del, Microsoft’s Mixer
Mar 02, 2022
Episode 40: The DeLorean: Time Machine to Nowhere
Feb 16, 2022
Coming Soon: Season 2 of The Great Fail
Nov 11, 2021
Episode 39: Final Buzzer for Modell’s Sporting Goods
Sep 22, 2021
Episode 38: The Final Descent for Trump Shuttle
Aug 25, 2021
Episode 37: How Pier 1 Imports Sank
Aug 11, 2021
Episode 36: MoviePass Roll the Credits
Jul 28, 2021
Encore Episode: Adapt or Die, The Fall of Tower Records
Jul 15, 2021
Episode 35: United Airlines, Fly the Not-So-Friendly Skies
Jun 30, 2021
Encore Episode: Bre-X: Fool's Gold
Jun 17, 2021
Episode 34: How HQ Trivia Crashed
May 19, 2021
Episode 33: XFL’s Fatal Fumble
May 05, 2021
Episode 32: Archegos Capital, A Greek Tragedy
Apr 21, 2021
Episode 31: Kodak: Missing the Moment
Apr 07, 2021
Episode 30: Theranos: A Bloody Mess
Mar 24, 2021
Episode 29: Borders' Final Chapter
Mar 10, 2021
Episode 28: McDonald’s CEO Steve Easterbrook gets McFired
Feb 24, 2021
Episode 27: GameStop: The Big Short....Squeeze
Feb 10, 2021
Episode 26: Hertz So Bad
Jan 27, 2021
Episode 25: Wirecard's Fall From Grace
Jan 13, 2021
Episode 24: Milli Vanilli: A Sensational Flop
Dec 16, 2020
Episode 23: SkyMall’s Crash Landing
Dec 03, 2020
Episode 22: Quibi's Sunken Ship
Nov 18, 2020
Episode 21: Motorola’s Dead Zone
Nov 04, 2020
Episode 20: The Dunbar Heist: The Perfect Crime….Almost
Oct 21, 2020
Episode 19: The Slaying of Echo Fox
Oct 07, 2020
Episode 18: How Color Labs Bled Out
Sep 23, 2020
Episode 17: Luckin Coffee’s Bitter Brew
Sep 09, 2020
Episode 16: The Blockbuster Bust
Aug 26, 2020
Episode 15: The Unraveling of American Apparel
Aug 12, 2020
Episode 14: How Zima Got Iced
Jul 29, 2020
Episode 13: Who Killed Toys R’ Us?
Jul 15, 2020
Episode 12: How Pan Am Vanished Into Thin Air
Jul 01, 2020
Episode 11: The Death of Atari: From Legend to Landfill
Jun 17, 2020
Episode 10: Adapt or Die: The Fall of Tower Records
May 19, 2020
Episode 9: A Fatal Flop: The U.S. COVID-19 Testing Debacle
Apr 29, 2020
Episode 8: Gawker’s Demise: Sex, Pride & Celebrity Porn Tapes
Apr 15, 2020
Episode 7: How Juicero Squeezed Itself Out
Apr 01, 2020
Episode 6: Special COVID-19 Episode: Whistleblower from Wuhan
Mar 18, 2020
Minisode #1: Funny Fan Flops
Mar 11, 2020
Episode 5: Crazy Eddie: The Fall of an Electronics Empire
Mar 05, 2020
Episode 4: We Didn't Work: Failure of WeWork's IPO
Feb 27, 2020
Episode 3: Bre-X: Fool’s Gold
Feb 19, 2020
Episode 2: Walking on Broken Google Glass
Feb 12, 2020
Episode 1: The Downfall Of LA Gear
Feb 12, 2020
Season 1 Trailer
Feb 09, 2020