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The Failed Launch Of www.HealthCare.gov

Posted on November 18, 2016 by ABC123

The US Government's failed launch of the Healthcare.gov website highlights issues with integrating technology into a large bureaucratic organization.

Why Better Place is in a better place…

Posted on December 9, 2015 by Noorin D

The billion-dollar bet on batteries that ended in bankruptcy

Rent the Runway: Data and fashion combine to deliver your dream wardrobe

Posted on December 9, 2015 by Elena Del Real

“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

Posted on December 9, 2015 by Patrick MacKenzie

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

Posted on December 8, 2015 by Iulia

Fab.com's failure due to operational inefficiency and too high growth targets.

Eastman Kodak: From Market Leader to Bankruptcy

Posted on December 7, 2015 by AFZ

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

Posted on December 5, 2015 by Simon Edmonds

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

Posted on December 1, 2015 by Shimon Elkabetz

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

Posted on November 29, 2015 by utsavmitra

Twitter: A broken operating model with a clueless leadership team #DoomedToFail

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