Failure is the default outcome in business—but we rarely study it. We celebrate the winners, avoid talking about the losers, and repeat mistakes that were already made. Failurepedia documents failed companies, products, and strategies to uncover what went wrong, why it happened, and what we can learn from it. Because sometimes the smartest way to succeed is to understand how others failed. Source-backed case studies of over 200 failed companies, products, and launches.

I built Failurepedia because we spend so much time studying successful companies, but not nearly enough time learning from the ones that didn’t make it. A failed company, product, or launch can teach us a lot about timing, demand, execution, competition, and the decisions that led things off course. The problem is that those lessons are often scattered across old articles, interviews, and reports. Failurepedia brings them together in one place. It’s a growing collection of more than 200 source-backed case studies, with root causes separated from symptoms and every major claim cited. This isn’t about making fun of failure. It’s about understanding it, preserving the lessons, and hopefully helping someone avoid the same mistakes. I’d really appreciate your feedback, especially on the case-study format and which failures we should cover next.

Honestly, the case study on Quibi was my favorite so far, really laid out what went wrong. Finally a site that's not just hyping up winners.

Failurepedia: Learn From What Failed

Learn from the businesses that didn’t make it

Learn from the businesses that didn’t make it