What is a failed technological product ?
In simple words the product sales forecasting turns out to be wrong. For every 4 projects that enter development, only 1 makes it to the market, and at least 1 of 3 products fail despite research and planning*.
This blog includes a small set of articles to guide through the biggest failed technological products in history. We will include products from personal computers, storage devices, transmission devices, software products and others. If you think that one products belongs to this category, feel free to drop me an email (malvanos !at! gmail.com).
We believe that this information is valuable to guide the development of new products and avoiding the mistakes of the past. Many of the best-funded and most-publicized product launches have ended in failure. Many large technology companies which had significant market share lost a great amount of money.
We have learn from these mistakes to avoid them in the future. The biggest difference of humans compared with animals is the ability to aggregate knowledge. I hope this blog would be valuable tool for inspiration and a walk-through to avoid some pitfalls. As Confucius said: "Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."
*"Winning at New Products: Accelerating the Process from Idea to Launch", ISBN: 0738204633.
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