Hacker News with Generative AI: Failure

The death and life of prediction markets at Google (asteriskmag.com)
Over the past two decades, Google has hosted two different internal platforms for predictions. Why did the first one fail — and will the other endure?

Google, Prediction Markets, Business, Technology, Failure

273 points by mfro 10 days ago | 174 comments

Why Slight Failed: A Slight Post-Mortem (colmanhumphrey.com)
Back in late 2020, my good friend Raiden and I co-founded Slight. Over the next two and a half years, we got it off the ground, raised a pre-seed round, and got some customers on-board, but in the end we didn’t have enough traction to raise our seed round. We got close with a few investors (after I talked to many…), but getting close still means the company dies.

Startup, Business, Failure, Funding

155 points by KraftyOne 23 days ago | 73 comments

Is it better to fail spectacularly? (danielmangum.com)
Three weeks ago I wrote the following draft of a blog post entitled “Is It Better to Fail Spectacularly?”.

Failure, Success, Opinion, Blog Posts

120 points by hasheddan 31 days ago | 118 comments

A Video Game Flopped Harder Than Anything at the Box Office This Year, Unnoticed (kotaku.com)
In the summer of 2024, an entertainment project went more spectacularly wrong than possibly any entertainment project in human history.

Video Games, Entertainment, Failure

25 points by jicea 31 days ago | 3 comments

Just 5k people use the Rabbit R1 every day (theverge.com)
Pour one out for the Rabbit R1. Only 5,000 people of the 100,000 who bought the orange AI gadget are still using it daily, five months after it launched.

Artificial Intelligence, Consumer Products, Failure, Technology

22 points by lawgimenez 56 days ago | 26 comments

How I Failed (2013) (oreilly.com)
When you start out as an entrepreneur, it’s just you and your idea, or you and your co-founder’s and your idea.

Entrepreneurship, Startups, Failure, Personal Stories

23 points by bookofjoe 61 days ago | 5 comments

Ask HN: Kodak, VW, Intel – Why big companies fail? (ycombinator.com)
Understandable for startups - product isn't something anybody needs or not enough cash but why big companies with a proven product would fail?

Business, Failure, Startups, Innovation, Corporate Culture

17 points by wg0 61 days ago | 38 comments

When the Mismanagerial Class Destroys Great Companies (palladiummag.com)
In 2005, Paul Otellini became the new CEO of Intel, America’s premier semiconductor designer and manufacturer. He was the first CEO of the company not to have a background in engineering. Sometime shortly thereafter, Otellini entered discussions with Steve Jobs on whether Intel would manufacture the chips needed for Apple’s secretive, potentially revolutionary new project: the iPhone. Ultimately, Otellini declined. He thought the initial costs would be too high and the resulting sales too low.

Business, Management, Technology, Leadership, Failure

11 points by aarestad 73 days ago | 0 comments

How 4 People Destroyed a $250 Million Tech Company [video] (youtube.com)
A tech company worth $250 million imploded after four people, each with their own motives, made decisions that ultimately led to the company's downfall.

Business, Technology, Entrepreneurship, Failure

24 points by notamy 76 days ago | 2 comments

Ask HN: What was your biggest startup fail? (ycombinator.com)

Startups, Business, Entrepreneurship, Failure, Ask HN

40 points by spikey_sanju 95 days ago | 53 comments

Why do big digital projects in the public sector fail? (newstatesman.com)

Public Sector, Digital Projects, Project Management, Failure

8 points by user20180120 104 days ago | 13 comments

Show HN: Failure Hunt – failure stories from entrepreneurs, makers, and experts (failurehunt.com)

Entrepreneurship, Failure, Business, Case Studies

10 points by skaplich 113 days ago | 2 comments

On Building Systems That Will Fail (1991) (mit.edu:8001)