The Great Fail

Debra Chen 83 - Flashback: Quibi's Sunken Ship

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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The Great Fail

Episodes

Flashback: Quibi's Sunken Ship

Episode 67: Space Shuttle Challenger

Episode 66: Zume’s Meltdown

Episode 65: Action Park’s Final Thrill

Episode 64: The IN-Vince-able McMahon

Episode 63: Quiznos is Toast

Episode 62: Kittyhawk: From Moonshot to a Longshot

TGF Presents: Marketing Vanguard

Episode 61: The Wing(s) Get Clipped

Episode 60: Bed, Bath &…Bankrupted

Flashback: The DeLorean: Time Machine to Nowhere

Episode 59: Revlon Gets Creamed

Episode 58: When the Wheels Came Off for Schwinn Bicycles

Episode 57: The Downfall of the Mars Hill Church

Episode 56: FTX - From Irresistible to Criminal

Episode 55: Silicon Valley Bank: From Boom to Bust

Flashback: Adapt or Die - The Fall of Tower Records

Flashback: GameStop - The Big Short....Squeeze

Flashback: The Blockbuster Bust

Bonus Episode: Introducing Metaverse Marketing

Episode 54: LulaRoe Leggings Stretches the Law

Episode 53: Valeant: Death by Poison Pill

Bonus Episode: Introducing Home / Work

Episode 52: Bikram Yoga, From Super-Heated to Overheated

Episode 51: Why the World Unfriended MySpace

Episode 50: Terra: Crypto’s TERRA-ble Crash

Episode 49: Von Dutch, From Price Tags to Toe Tags

Bonus Episode: The Speed of Culture Podcast

Episode 48: Phar-Mor, From Savior to Misbehavior

Episode 47: Kmart, From Blue Light Special to Candlelight Vigil

Episode 46: Carrian Group Swim with the Fishes

Episode 45: How Jawbone went from Wearable to Terrible

Episode 44: Zillow Offers, From Flip to Flop

Special Announcement + Encore Episode: MoviePass Roll the Credits

Episode 43: Ayds Gets a Trim Down

Episode 42: Circuit City: Electronic Retail Giant Short-Circuits

Episode 41: Ctrl+Alt+Del, Microsoft’s Mixer

Episode 40: The DeLorean: Time Machine to Nowhere

Coming Soon: Season 2 of The Great Fail

Episode 39: Final Buzzer for Modell’s Sporting Goods

Episode 38: The Final Descent for Trump Shuttle

Episode 37: How Pier 1 Imports Sank

Episode 36: MoviePass Roll the Credits

Encore Episode: Adapt or Die, The Fall of Tower Records

Episode 35: United Airlines, Fly the Not-So-Friendly Skies

Encore Episode: Bre-X: Fool's Gold

Episode 34: How HQ Trivia Crashed

Episode 33: XFL’s Fatal Fumble

Episode 32: Archegos Capital, A Greek Tragedy

Episode 31: Kodak: Missing the Moment