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> Quibi was more "I'm going to spend $2Bn failing where others failed before" This is what makes it especially ridiculous. Verizon had just failed with a huge
by kjcharles 6y ago
> Quibi was more "I'm going to spend $2Bn failing where others failed before"
This is what makes it especially ridiculous. Verizon had just failed with a huge splashy launch for go90. It takes a ton of arrogance to then decide to do the same without any real innovation. Rotating between landscape and portrait is a feature not an entire product. And especially not the basis for a media company.
The average startup founder would never be in the position to pitch an idea like this AND still receive $2B in funding. This wasn't just a bad bet it was a stupid one.
- herval 6y agoPretty sure some exec with 3 MBAs used TikTok as an example of "Making a YouTube with short vertical videos works, therefore let's make a Netflix of short vertical videos" to convince them to pony up :)