Five Biggest Missed Business Opportunities

Arvindh Yuvaraj

02-Mar-18 11:00

Five Biggest Missed Business Opportunities

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Google was almost owned by someone else. Apple almost never created the iPod. The Beatles helped invent the CT scanner. Wait, what? On this episode, we discuss people and companies who could have owned massive, industry-changing properties but declined… only to watch those properties take over the world.

Produced by: Arvindh Yuvaraj

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Tags: enterprise, Five for fortune, Apple, Netflix, Google, Sony Pictures, Blockbuster, The Beatles, EMI, Real Networks, Decca Records, missed opportunities, Marvel Cinematic Universe, business lessons, taking chances

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