Skype: What Went Wrong?
Skype pioneered internet calling with 170M users by 2011, sold to Microsoft for $8.5B, then collapsed when COVID created perfect conditions—Zoom captured 50% market share in months while Skype's 17-year head start evaporated.
Dropbox: When Ignoring Big Tech Backfires
Dropbox pioneered cloud storage but now executes a harvest strategy—borrowing $2B in 2024 purely for share buybacks while paying users flatlined three years straight. The counterintuitive lesson: being first means nothing when your core product becomes a loss leader for trillion-dollar ecosystems.
The Dawn and Dusk of Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems rode open standards from garage startup to $140 billion titan—then burned out spectacularly. This cautionary tale reveals how yesterday's innovation advantage becomes tomorrow's execution anchor.
The Rise and Sad Fall of Wang Labs
This video details the remarkable entrepreneurial journey and subsequent collapse of **Wang Laboratories**, founded by the brilliant Chinese immigrant engineer **An Wang**.
The Rise and Fall of Digital Equipment Corporation DEC
This video chronicles the rise and eventual collapse of **Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)**, a pioneering American technology company whose innovations underpin modern computing.
How IBM Lost the PC to Compaq, Intel & Microsoft
This video analyzes the strategic failures and miscalculations that led to IBM losing control of the Personal Computer (PC) market standard they created.
Who No-one Drive Cadillacs Anymore
**Why Browser Strategy Analysts Rewatch This 15-Minute Mozilla Firefox Collapse Story** Volunteer-driven browser revolution: "Back 2002 Microsoft controlled whopping 95% browsers ragtag group volunteer programmers decided challenge them, Firefox started Phoenix built developers despised Internet Explorers bloated security riddle disaster, wasn't well-funded Silicon Valley startup no venture capital no corporate headquarters just passionate volunteers working nights weekends donated server space build something world actually needed, timing perfect Internet Explorer hadn't seen major update 3 years users trapped browser crashed constantly loaded pages dialup speeds even broadband offered zero customization options."
How Google Secretly Killed Firefox
**Why Browser Strategy Analysts Rewatch This 15-Minute Mozilla Firefox Collapse Story** Volunteer-driven browser revolution: "Back 2002 Microsoft controlled whopping 95% browsers ragtag group volunteer programmers decided challenge them, Firefox started Phoenix built developers despised Internet Explorers bloated security riddle disaster, wasn't well-funded Silicon Valley startup no venture capital no corporate headquarters just passionate volunteers working nights weekends donated server space build something world actually needed, timing perfect Internet Explorer hadn't seen major update 3 years users trapped browser crashed constantly loaded pages dialup speeds even broadband offered zero customization options."
The Death of Europe's Last Electronics Giant
**Why Corporate Strategy Analysts Rewatch This 18-Minute Philips Decline Story** CEO announces no longer high-tech company: "2010 CEO proudly announced quote we are no longer high-tech company, not sentence you'd expect hear voluntarily from company just decade earlier was every bit much giant innovator Samsung Sony, until recently third largest electronics company whole world over 350,000 employees peak, company once dominated industries lighting radio invented co-invented almost every major physical media format compact cassette CD DVD Blu-ray."
How WeWork's Shocking Mistake Made it Go Bankrupt from $47b
**Why Unsustainable Growth Strategists Rewatch This 22-Minute WeWork Bankruptcy Breakdown** WeWork "commanded $47 billion valuation without ever making single Dollar in profit" yet "share price dropped from $100 in 2022 to just $1.6, drop of 98.4% in just one year, filed for bankruptcy."
Why BuzzFeed and VICE Went Extinct
**Why Family Conglomerate Strategists Rewatch This 28-Minute Hyundai Governance Paralysis Exposé** Hyundai's "$7.6 billion electric vehicle factory in Georgia raided by US federal agents, 475 workers detained for being in US illegally, more than 300 South Korean nationals"—yet company "generated 175 trillion won about $122B revenue up 7.7%." Core crisis: "circular shareholding structure allows Chung family maintain control through surprisingly small personal stakes, over 4 trillion won around $2.9B trapped in cross holdings, family cannot easily sell without breaking control structure making nearly impossible to raise cash for very taxes system designed to minimize."
Why 99% of Small Businesses in Japan Could Be Wiped Out
**Why Succession Planning Strategists Rewatch This 21-Minute Japanese SME Extinction Crisis** "Every 15 minutes Japanese business shutting down" yet "most small businesses about to shut down are actually profitable, businesses themselves healthy and sustainable, no rational reason why should be closing"—"even 2021 over 42,000 businesses closed despite being in black, by 2025 estimated 630,000 businesses risk closure." Core crisis: "over 60% SME owners now over age 60, nearly half have no successor, estimated by 2030 around 1.27 million small businesses could close due to succession failure, over 6.5 million jobs lost, 22 trillion Yen about $150B USD erased from GDP."