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Lesson Learned: 4 Things You Can Learn from Business Failures

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Interestingly, Kodak is moving to pharmaceuticals with a $765 million loan from the government. These failed products are proof: Microsoft’s Office Assistant Clippy was active from 1997 to 2001, resurfaced in 2019 as stickers, and removed again. Kodak is a generic term for cameras, proof of its place in the industry.

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Tips for Voicing Your Values When You’re Asked to Bend Morals

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This problem has existed as long as there have been communal workplaces, and it was studied between 2001 and 2002 in an Aspen Institute survey conducted on a group of MBA students. Theranos, Wells Fargo, VW, Takada, and Purdue Pharmaceutical became notorious because their business strategies became deeply infected with nefarious intent.