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The path to corporate success is littered with the careers of the losers; the nice guys who finished last; the "I just needed two more days" brigade.
Misfortune 500 is a corporate training resource, showing the step by step demise of companies, the pitfalls, the wrong decisions... as they happened.
We
all demand accountability from our corporate governors and bigshots but there is little by way of instruction on how to dodge the slings and arrows of business. It's time to show the way. Teach everyone the value of ethics; disclosure and good business.
The time is right.
FuckedCompany.com
http://www.fuckedcompany.com/
Pretty close, though its not formatted as a corporate training resource. [krelnik, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]
Misfortune 500 by Bruce Nash and Allan Zullo
http://www.amazon.c...7339/?condition=all
[ayt] is right, here's where you can buy used copies of this 1988 book, now out of print. [krelnik, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]
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[Zanzibar] I know this is probably really out of place..I'm not commenting on your idea, I just needed a good place to communicate to you where you'd see it. You can delete this if you want, although a response would be nice. Just wanted to apologize for being such an asshole all the time...that's gonna stop. Ok. That's it, I guess. |
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No problem. I'll remove my annotations. Thanks for the apology. I appreciate it, and I guess I speak for a number of people in that regard. |
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There was a book published about 20 years ago with this exact title. It was basically a textbook of bad business ideas. One classic was Chevrolet trying to sell their popular Nova car into Latin American countries. After a year of very poor sales they realized Nova translates to doesn't go/work. |
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Great concept for a business. |
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The "Nova" story is pure haberdash and urban legend. Just thought you'd wanna know. |
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Here's a comparison: No va (doesn't go) is two words. Would you ever confuse the word "notable" with "lacking a flat surface? (no table)?" |
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Neither would any hispanohablante confuse the "No va" and "nova." It serves as a good example, but not an ounce of it is true. |
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If only a certain energy company executive had joined the ranks of the 'litter' a bit earlier. We wouldn't have had rolling blcakouts here in CA while his underlings were saying "Burn, baby, burn" while watching wildfires here. |
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On the other hand, the Mitsubishi PAJERO is marketed as the Mitsubishi MONTEREY in Spanish speaking markets, for good reason. |
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"haberdash" means to deal in trinkets. A Haberdasher is someone who sells men's clothing. |
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"haberdash" => "balderdash" perhaps? |
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Hollands wellknown business magazine Quote publishes a
list of the 500 richest people in the Netherlands anually,
but also a spoof version of the 500 poorest people they
can find. This edition featured articles on ecology,
globalisation and aid projects aswell as ads from aid
organisations. |
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