What are some of the most spectacular business failures?
Spectacular Failures on Apple Podcasts Corporate crookedness. Family feuding. Hilariously half-baked decisions. Host Lauren Ober tackles some of the most spectacular business failures of all time, and what could have been done to avoid them. Some of these stories are shocking. Some are funny. Some are just downright sad.
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Is spectacular failures coming back?
Spectacular Failures - Season Two Spectacular Failures is back for season two, starting August 3rd!
What is a spectacular failure?
Failure so complete and so final that it is awe-inspiring. Not something that occurs accidentally, you have to exert some effort to pull this off.
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Corporate crookedness. Family feuding. Hilariously half-baked decisions. Host Lauren Ober tackles some of the most spectacular business failures of all time, and what could have been done to avoid them. Some of these stories are shocking. Some are funny. Some are just downright sad.
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