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Fail Better: Product Lessons From Startup CEOs and Great Product Leaders

Fail Better Podcast

Every great Product Leader and Startup CEO has at least one outstanding failure to share. Sometimes they're funny, sometimes they're awful, sometimes they're truly spectacular... but they al...

Episodes

4 episodes

4. Bill Gates, Viagra, and The Stolen Credit Cards

The epic comedy site ZUG had 4.5MM uniques, top rankings for viagra & credit card, and both Michael Jackson and Bill Gates. And yet, you've...

00:28:48Jul 13, 2017

3. Building Communities That Don't Suck

CBS and Lloyd Braun acquired his niche community sites, but Dwell.com's Head of Product Ethan Lance has one or two big Whiskey Media failure...

00:26:42Jun 20, 2017

2. Steve Jobs Cheered, Then Everything Went Wrong.

GameSpot's founder, AfterEffects' creator, and iFilm's CEO quit their jobs to launch a software company. How could it go wrong? And yet... G...

00:32:14Jun 13, 2017

1. The First Great MP3 Site Had Two Fatal Flaws. Don't Repeat Them.

Epitonic.com could have been Pitchfork or Spotify. But after millions of customers, a Webby, and an acquisition, it was gone. Thanx.com's He...

00:47:31Jun 6, 2017