The Failed Launch Of www.HealthCare.gov
The US Government's failed launch of the Healthcare.gov website highlights issues with integrating technology into a large bureaucratic organization.
Failure
Why Better Place is in a better place…
The billion-dollar bet on batteries that ended in bankruptcy
Rent the Runway: Data and fashion combine to deliver your dream wardrobe
“Love. Wear. Return.” Rent The Runway is your designer closet on demand. Can their operations scale to keep up with demand?
Clinkle: How to go from a soon-to-be unicorn to complete failure in one year
How to go from a soon-to-be unicorn to complete failure in one year
Why “Demolition Man”, Fab.com’s former CEO should have studied TOM (at GSB) before running his company into the ground
Fab.com's failure due to operational inefficiency and too high growth targets.
Eastman Kodak: From Market Leader to Bankruptcy
How did Eastman Kodak plummet from being the fourth most valuable brand in the U.S. with $15 billion of revenue in 1996 to bankruptcy by 2012?
Volkswagen: how to destroy 30 billion dollars in a week
This post explores how misalignment between Volkswagen’s business model and operating model may have influenced the emissions scandal that is currently gripping the company.
The Weather Company: Affecting Everyone’s Lives and Making No Money
Weather affects every aspect of our lives and every sector of our economy. So how can the biggest weather company in the world generate only $270m revenues?
#Twitter: A story of #failure
Twitter: A broken operating model with a clueless leadership team #DoomedToFail